Species annotated index
Family in brackets after group name.
Note. For AviList, alternate spellings which differ only by the inclusion/exclusion of hyphens are not included. Eg. Fruit-Dove/Fruit Dove.
| Group (Family) | Species | HANZAB 2023 | AviList 2025 |
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| Albatross (Diomedeidae) | |||
| Amsterdam | Not in HANZAB book. See taxonomic changes in Wandering Albatross. | ||
| Antipodean | Not a separate species in HANZAB book. See taxonomic changes for Wandering Albatross | ||
| Atlantic Yellow-nosed | Not a separate species in HANZAB book. See taxonomic changes for Yellow-nosed Albatross | ||
| Black-browed | Genus changed and split: – Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris – Campbell Albatross Thalassarche impavida which is known as Campbell Black-browed Albatross in NZCL 2022. | Campbell Albatross reverted to subspecies impavida of Black-browed Albatross | |
| Black-footed | Genus changed – Phoebastria nigripes (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) | ||
| Buller’s | Genus change Thalassarche bulleri. | ||
| Campbell | Not a separate species in HANZAB book. See taxonomic changes for Black-browed Albatross | Reverted to subspecies impavida of Black-browed Albatross | |
| Campbell Black-browed | NZCL 2022 name for Campbell Albatross (q.v.). | ||
| Chatham/ Chatham Island | Not a separate species in HANZAB book. See taxonomic changes for Shy Albatross. | ||
| Grey-headed | Genus changed – Thalassarche chrysostoma | ||
| Indian Ocean Yellow-nosed | NZCL name for Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | ||
| Indian Yellow-nosed | Not a separate species in HANZAB book. See taxonomic changes for Yellow-nosed Albatross | ||
| Laysan | Not in HANZAB book – vagrant (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022). | ||
| Light-mantled/ Light-mantled Sooty | English name Light-mantled Albatross. Aust. list retains Light-mantled Sooty Albatross. | ||
| Northern Royal | Not a separate species in HANZAB book. See taxonomic changes for Royal Albatross | ||
| Royal | Split: – Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi – Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora | ||
| Salvin’s | Not a separate species in HANZAB book. See taxonomic changes for Shy Albatross | ||
| Shy | Genus change – now Thalassarche. Split: – Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita (Chatham Island Albatross in NZCL 2022) – Salvin’s Albatross Thalassarche salvini – Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta (Thalassarche cauta cauta in NZCL 2002) – White-capped Albatross Thalassarche steadi (WLAB 4.1) but steadi retained as a subspecies of Thalassarche cauta in NZCL 2022 with Thalassarche cauta known as White-capped Albatross. | White-capped Albatross reverted back to subspecies steadi of Shy Albatross | |
| Snowy | Wandering Albatross known as Snowy Albatross in AviList. Aust. list retains Wandering Albatross | ||
| Sooty | |||
| Southern Royal | Not a separate species in HANZAB book. See taxonomic changes for Royal Albatross | ||
| Tristan | Not a separate species in HANZAB book. See changes for Wandering Albatross | ||
| Wandering | Split: – Ssp. chionoptera now Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans (monotypic) – Ssp. antipodensis (referred to as a possible subspecies in HANZAB book but not named) elevated to species Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis. – birds of Tristan da Cunha and Gough I. (subspecies exulans in HANZAB book) elevated to species Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena. Amsterdam Albatross, once combined with D.e. exulans, is referred to as separate species (D. amsterdamensis) in text for Wandering Albatross in the HANZAB book but was not otherwise included. Now included in WLAB 4.1. | ||
| White-capped | Not a separate species in HANZAB book. See taxonomic changes for Shy Albatross | White-capped Albatross reverted back to subspecies steadi of Shy Albatross | |
| Yellow-nosed | Split: – Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos – Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri |
| Antpitta(Grallariidae) | Family added. | ||
| Thrush-like | Species added to NZ list |
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| Apostlebird (Corcoracidae) | |||
| (Apostlebird with no name qualifier) |
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| Avocet (Recurvirostridae) | |||
| Red-necked |
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| Babbler (Pomatostomidae) | |||
| Chestnut-crowned | |||
| Grey-crowned | |||
| Hall’s | |||
| White-browed | |||
| Baza (Accipitridae) | Order change – now Accipitriformes | ||
| Pacific |
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| Bee-eater (Meropidae) | |||
| Rainbow | |||
| Bellbird (Meliphagidae) [See also Bellbird (Oreoicidae)] | |||
| (Bellbird with no name qualifier) | Split: subspecies melanocephala elevated to Chatham Island Bellbird Anthornis melanocephala. | ||
| Chatham Island(s) | Not in HANZAB book. Anthornis melanocephala – extinct (NZCL 2022) | ||
| New Zealand | AviList name for Bellbird | ||
| Bellbird (Oreoicidae) | Family change – Meliphagidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Crested | Family change – Oreoicidae |
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| Bishop (Ploceidae) | |||
| Red | |||
| Bittern (Ardeidae) | Family now in Pelecaniformes | ||
| Australasian | |||
| Australian Little | Now Ixobrychus dubiusa, a species separate from Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus | ||
| Black | Genus change from Ixobrychus to Botaurus | ||
| Black-backed | AviList name for Australian Little Bittern | ||
| Cinnamon | Not in HANZAB book – vagrant. Ixobrychus cinnamomeus (WLAB 4.1) | Genus change from Ixobrychus to Botaurus | |
| Little | Split: subspecies dubiusa now a separate species. See Australian Little. Remains as subspecies of Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus dubius in NZCL 2022. | ||
| New Zealand (Little) | Genus change from Ixobrychus to Botaurus. Name change from New Zealand Little Bittern to New Zealand Bittern. | ||
| Schrenck’s/ Von Schrenck’s | Not in HANZAB book – vagrant. Ixobrychus eurhythmus | Genus change from Ixobrychus to Botaurus. | |
| Yellow | Genus change from Ixobrychus to Botaurus. |
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| Blackbird (Turdidae) | Family change – Muscicapidae in HANZAB book | ||
| Common | Known as Eurasian Blackbird in NZCL 2022 | ||
| Eurasian | See Common Blackbird | ||
| Blackcap (Sylviidae) | |||
| (Blackcap with no name qualifier) | |||
| Black-Cockatoo (Cacatuidae) | |||
| Baudin’s | Genus now Zanda. Name changed from Long-tailed Black-Cockatoo. (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Carnaby’s | Genus now Zanda. Name changed from Short-tailed Black-Cockatoo. (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Glossy | Specific name change from lathamii to lathami | ||
| Long-billed | Genus now Zanda and known as Baudin’s Black-Cockatoo. (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Red-tailed | Subspecies changes. | ||
| Short-billed | Genus now Zanda. | ||
| Yellow-tailed | Genus and species changed – now Zanda funerea. Subspecies changed to reflect this change. Subspecies xanthanotus split into xanthanota and whiteae. | ||
| Bluebonnet (Psittaculidae) | Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book | ||
| (Bluebonnet with no name qualifier) | Split: – Bluebonnet – Naretha Bluebonnet | ||
| Eastern | Bluebonnet in WLAB 4.1 | Subspecies narethae of Blue Bonnet, elevated to Naretha Bluebonnet | |
| Naretha | Subspecies narethae of Blue Bonnet, elevated to Naretha Bluebonnet |
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| Boatbill (Machaerirhynchidae) | Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book | ||
| Yellow-breasted | |||
| Bobwhite (Odontophoridae) | |||
| Northern | |||
| Boobook (Strigidae) | |||
| Australian | English name for Southern Boobook | ||
| Brown | Brown Hawk-Owl in HANZAB book. | (some of these changes should have been included in HANZAB 2023) Subspecies added – isolata, birds from Car Nicobar (Nicobar Is.), from subspecies obscura split (see below) – rexpimenti, birds from Great Nicobar (Nicobar Is.), from subspecies obscura split (see below) – palawanensis, from split of birds in Philippines (part of subspecies japonica)into Chocolate Boobook Ninox randi and Brown Boobook subspecies palawanensis. Subspecies now in Northern Boobook – ussuriensis, as Northern Boobook subspecies florensis – japonica, except birds in Philippines, split into Northern Boobook – subspecies japonica and totogo Subspecies obsura split: – birds from Andaman I. now Hume’s Boobook Ninox obscura (extralimital) – birds from Nicobar Is. now subspecies rexpimenti and isolata of Brown Boobook | |
| Christmas/Christmas Island | Previously known as Christmas Island Hawk-Owl | English name Christmas Boobook | |
| Northern | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Ninox novaeseelandiae (WLAB 4.1) | See Taxonomic changes in Brown Boobook for comments about the split from Brown Boobook which should have been included in HANZAB 2023. Subspecies totogo split from subspecies japonica. | |
| Southern | Split: – Southern Boobook Ninox boobook – Tasmanian Boobook Ninox leucopsis – Tasman Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae (NZ and Tas.) (Morepork in NZCL 2022) (WLAB 4.1) | Ninox boobook split into four species with three subspecies (rotiensis, fusca, plesseni) removed from Ninox boobook: – Rote Boobook N. rotiensis (monotypic) – Timor Boobook N. fusca (monotypic) – Alor Boobook N. plesseni (monotypic) – Australian Boobook N. boobook (polytypic). Subspecies halmaturina added for Kangaroo I. bird Subspecies moae added (extralimital) Subspecies remigialis of Southern Boobook Ninox boobook is treated as subspecies remigialis of Barking Owl Ninox connivens | |
| Tasmanian | Included under Southern Boobook in HANZAB book. Now a separate species Ninox leucopsis. | ||
| Booby (Sulidae) | Order change: moved from PELECANIFORMES to SULIFORMES | ||
| Abbott’s | Genus change – now Papasula abbotti; was Sula abbotti | ||
| Brown | Subspecies brewsteri and etesiaca removed as they are now subspecies of Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri, which is extralimital. | ||
| Masked | Split: subspecies granti elevated to Nazca Booby Sula granti. Subspecies changes. | ||
| Nazca | Species added from accepted BARC submission. | ||
| Red-footed | |||
| Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchidae) | |||
| Fawn-breasted | |||
| Golden | |||
| Great | |||
| Regent | |||
| Satin | |||
| Spotted | |||
| Tooth-billed | |||
| Western |
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| Bristlebird (Dasyornithidae) | Family change – Genus Dasyornis in Pardalotidae in HANZAB book now in own Family. | ||
| Eastern | |||
| Rufous | |||
| Western | |||
| Brolga (Gruidae) | |||
| (Brolga with no name qualifier) | Specific name change – now Grus rubicunda. (WLAB 4.1) | Genus change from Grus to Antigone | |
| Bronze-Cuckoo (Cuculidae) | |||
| Gould’s | Genus change: Chalcites. All subspecies now subspecies of Little Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus russatus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Horsfield’s | Genus change: Chalcites (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Little | Genus change: Chalcites (WLAB 4.1). All subspecies of Gould’s Bronze-Cuckoo now subspecies of Little Bronze-Cuckoo. | Subspecies changes. | |
| Shining | Genus change: Chalcites (WLAB 4.1, BLI 2022). Still in Chrysococcyx in NZCL 2022. | ||
| Bronze-wing (Columbidae) | |||
| Brush | |||
| Common | |||
| Flock | |||
| Brush-turkey (Megapodiidae) | |||
| Australian |
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| Budgerigar (Psittaculidae) | Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Budgerigar | |||
| Bulbul (Pycnonotidae) | |||
| Red-vented | |||
| Red-whiskered | |||
| Bullfinch (Fringillidae) | |||
| (Bullfinch with no name qualifier) | |||
| Bunting (Emberizidae) | |||
| Cirl | |||
| Ortolan | |||
| Reed | |||
| Bush-hen (Rallidae) | |||
| (Bush-hen with no name qualifier) | See Pale-vented Bush-hen | ||
| Pale-vented | Bush-hen Amaurornis olivacea in HANZAB book split with Australian birds now called Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana. | ||
| Bushlark (Alaudidae) | |||
| Horsfield’s | |||
| Singing | Now known as Horsfield’s Bushlark. (WLAB 4.1) | English name for Horsfield’s Bushlark | |
| Bustard (Otididae) | Order now Otidiformes – Gruiformes in HANZAB book | ||
| Australian | |||
| Bushwren (Acanthisittidae) | |||
| (Bushwren with no name qualifier) | English name change from Bush Wren to Bushwren (remains Bush Wren in NZCL 2024) | ||
| Butcherbird (Artamidae) | |||
| Black | Genus change – Melloria quoyi (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Black-backed | |||
| Grey | Split: – subspecies argenteus elevated to Silver-backed Butcherbird Cracticus argenteus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Pied | |||
| Silver-backed | Cracticus argenteus (WLAB 4.1). See note for Grey Butcherbird. | ||
| Button-quail/ Buttonquail (Turnicidae) | Order change – now in Charadriiformes | ||
| Black-breasted | |||
| Buff-breasted | Now Turnix olivii | ||
| Chestnut-backed | Now Turnix castanotus | ||
| Little | |||
| Painted | Now Turnix varius | Subspecies novaecaledoniae elevated to New Caledonian Buttonquail Turnix novaecaledoniae | |
| Red-backed | Now Turnix maculosus | Subspecies melanota changed to melanotus | |
| Red-chested | |||
| Buzzard (Accipitridae) (see also Honey-buzzard) | Order change – now in Accipitriformes | ||
| Black-breasted | |||
| Crested Honey | AviList English name for Oriental Honey-buzzard | ||
| Long-tailed Honey | AviList English name for Long-tailed Honey-buzzard | ||
| White-eyed |
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| Calamanthus (Pardalotidae) | See Fieldwren | ||
| Canary (Fringillidae) | |||
| (Canary with no name qualifier) | |||
| Caracara (Falconidae) | |||
| Crested | Not in HANZAB book. | ||
| Cardinal (Emberizidae) | |||
| Common | |||
| Cassowary (Casuariidae) | Order change: Casuariidae moved from STRUTHIONIFORMES to CASUARIIFORMES | ||
| Southern | Now monotypic. | ||
| Catbird (Ptilonorhynchidae) | |||
| Black-eared | Current name for Spotted Catbird in HANZAB book. See note for Spotted Catbird. | Black-eared Catbird Ailuroedus melanotis split : -subspecies maculosus Spotted Catbird A. maculosus monotypic in wet northeast Queensland (Townsville to Cooktown); – Black-eared Catbird A. melanotis polytypic (montane New Guinea, Arafura lowlands, east Cape York Peninsula). | |
| Green | |||
| Spotted | See Black-eared Catbird. Mixed treatment of extralimital subspecies – see account. | Black-eared Catbird Ailuroedus melanotis split : -subspecies maculosus Spotted Catbird A. maculosus monotypic in wet northeast Queensland (Townsville to Cooktown) |
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| Chaffinch (Fringillidae) | |||
| (Chaffinch with no name qualifier) | Name in NZCL 2022 for Common Chaffinch . | Fringilla coelebs complex split into five species: – African Chaffinch F. spodiogenys (polytypic, including africana and harterti) – Azores Chaffinch F. moreletti (monotypic) – Madeira Chaffinch F. maderensis (monotypic) – Canary Islands Chaffinch F. canariensis (polytypic, including palmae, ombriosa and bakeri) – Eurasian Chaffinch F. coelebs (polytypic, all remaining subspecies) | |
| Common | English name Eurasian Chaffinch | ||
| Eurasian | English name for Common Chaffinch | ||
| Chat (Meliphagidae) | |||
| Crimson | |||
| Orange | |||
| White-fronted | |||
| Yellow | |||
| Chat (Muscicapidae) | |||
| Mountain | English name for Mountain Wheatear | ||
| Chicken (Phasianidae) | |||
| Feral | Now known as Red Junglefowl | ||
| Greater Prairie | |||
| Chough (Corcoracidae) | |||
| White-winged | |||
| Chowchilla (Orthonychidae) | |||
| (Chowchilla with no name qualifier) | |||
| Chukar (Phasianidae) | |||
| (Chukar with no name qualifier) | English name Chucker Partridge |
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| Cicadabird (Campephagidae) | |||
| (Cicadabird with no name qualifier) | Name and genus change – Common Cicadabird Edolisoma tenuirostre. (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Common | Common Cicadabird Edolisoma tenuirostre split with only the two HANZAB subspecies and four extralimital subspecies remaining in Edolisoma tenuirostre: nehrkorni, aruense, muellerii, tagulanum. Noted but not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed. English name change from Common Cicadabird to Sahul Cicadabird. | ||
| Sahul | Common Cicadabird Edolisoma tenuirostre split with only the two HANZAB subspecies and four extralimital subspecies remaining in Edolisoma tenuirostre: nehrkorni, aruense, muellerii, tagulanum. Noted but not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed. English name change from Common Cicadabird to Sahul Cicadabird. | ||
| Cisticola (Cisticolidae) | Family change – Sylviidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Golden-headed | Subspecies diminuta now diminutus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Zitting |
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| Cockatiel (Cacatuidae) | |||
| Cockatiel | |||
| Cockatoo (Cacatuidae) (See also Black-Cockatoo) | |||
| Gang-gang | |||
| Major Mitchell’s | English name changed from Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo to Pink Cockatoo | ||
| Palm | Extralimital subspecies macgillivrayi added. | ||
| Pink | English name of Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo changed to Pink Cockatoo | ||
| Sulphur-crested | |||
| Coot (Rallidae) | |||
| Eurasian | |||
| Red-fronted | Not in HANZAB book. | ||
| Red-gartered | Not in HANZAB book. | ||
| White-winged | Not in HANZAB book. | ||
| Corella (Cacatuidae) | |||
| Little | Subspecies changes | ||
| Long-billed | |||
| Western | |||
| Cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae) | Order change: Phalacrocoracidae moved from PELECANIFORMES to SULIFORMES | ||
| Australian Pied | AviList name for Great Pied Cormorant | ||
| Black-faced | Also known as Black-faced Shag | English name change from Black-faced Shag to Black-faced Cormorant (should have been done for HANZAB 2023) | |
| Great | |||
| Great Pied | Current name for Pied Cormorant | ||
| Little Black | Known as Little Black Shag in NZCL 2022 | ||
| Little Pied | Genus change – now Microcarbo melanoleucos | ||
| Pied | Now known as Great Pied Cormorant | ||
| Corncrake (Rallidae) | |||
| (Corncrake with no name qualifier) | English name Corn Crake | ||
| Coucals (Cuculidae) | Family change – Centropodidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Lesser | Not in HANZAB book – vagrant | ||
| Pheasant |
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| Crake (Rallidae) | |||
| Australian | See Australian Spotted Crake. | ||
| Australian Spotted | Known as Australian Crake in HANZAB and NZCL 2022. | ||
| Baillon’s | Genus changed. Now Zapornia pusilla | ||
| Corn | |||
| Red-legged | |||
| Red-necked | |||
| Ruddy | Now Ruddy-breasted Crake with genus change, now Zapornia fusca. | ||
| Ruddy-breasted | See note for Ruddy Crake | Extralimital subspecies reduced from four to three. | |
| Spotless | Genus changed. Now Zapornia tabuensis (WLAB 4.1) | Monotypic. Left as polytypic until AviList subspecies confirmed. | |
| Spotted | Now Australian Spotted Crake | ||
| White-browed | Genus change – now Amaurornis cinerea | Scientific name change: Amaurornis cinerea changed to Poliolimnas cinereus | |
| Crane (Gruidae) | |||
| Sarus | Genus change from Grus to Antigone | ||
| Creeper (Mohouidae) | Family change – in Pachycephalidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Brown | English name Pipipi | ||
| Crow (Corvidae) | |||
| House | birds from Laccadive and Maldive Is split from protegatus and now ssp. maledivicus | ||
| Little | |||
| Torresian |
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| Cuckoo (Cuculidae)(See also Bronze-Cuckoo) | |||
| African | |||
| Black-eared | Genus change: now Chalcites | ||
| Brush | Subspecies changes (see account). Rusty-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis now included in Brush Cuckoo. | Species split. Australian species named Sahul Brush Cuckoo. | |
| Channel-billed | |||
| Chestnut-breasted | Changed from polytypic to monotypic. Noted but kept as polytypic until AviList subspecies confirmed. | ||
| Chestnut-winged | Not in HANZAB book – vagrant. Clamator coromandus | ||
| Common | |||
| Fan-tailed | |||
| Indian | Not in HANZAB book – vagrant Cuculus micropterus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Long-tailed | Genus change: Urodynamis (WLAB 4.1), still Eudynamys in NZCL 2022. Known as Long-tailed Koel in BLI 2022. | English name change to Long-tailed Koel – not applied. | |
| Oriental | Subspecies optatus of Cuculus saturatus in HANZAB book elevated to Cuculus optatus (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) | ||
| Pallid | Genus change: now Heteroscenes (WLAB 4.1, BLI 2022), Cacomantis (NZCL 2022). | ||
| Sahul Brush | Brush Cuckoo split. Australian species Sahul Brush Cuckoo. | ||
| Cuckoo-dove (Columbidae) | |||
| Brown | Brown Cuckoo-dove Macropygia amboinensis split: subspecies phasianella now a subspecies of Brown Cuckoo-dove Macropygia phasianella (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Cuckoo-shrike / Cuckooshrike (Campephagidae) | English name Cuckooshrike | ||
| Barred | |||
| Black-faced | |||
| Ground | |||
| White-bellied | |||
| Curlew (Scolopacidae) | |||
| Bristle-thighed | |||
| Eastern | Now known as Far Eastern Curlew in WLAB 4.1. | ||
| Eurasian | Vagrant | Extralimital subspecies suschkini included – noted only until AviList subspecies confirmed. | |
| Far Eastern | Eastern Curlew in HANZAB book. | ||
| Little | Known as Little Whimbrel in NZCL 2022. | ||
| Currawong (Artamidae) | |||
| Black | |||
| Grey | |||
| Pied |
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| Dabchick (Podicipedidae) | |||
| New Zealand | English name change to New Zealand Grebe. | ||
| Darter (Anhingidae) | Order change: Anhingidae moved from PELECANIFORMES to SULIFORMES | ||
| (Darter with no name qualifier) | Split: subspecies novaehollandiae of Darter in HANZAB book now a subspecies of Australian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae (WLAB 4.1) Not changed in NZCL 2022. Anhinga rufa papua now Anhinga novaehollandiae papua. | ||
| Australasian | See note for Darter. Known as Australian Darter Anhinga melanogaster novaehollandiae in NZCL 2022. |
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| Diucon (Tyrannidae) | |||
| Fire-eyed | Not in HANZAB book. | Genus change from Xolmis to Pyrope | |
| Diving-Petrel (Procellariidae) (Diving Petrel in NZCL 2022) | Family change – Pelecanoididae in HANZAB book | ||
| Common | |||
| South Georgian | See also note for Whenua Hou Diving-Petrel | Whenua Hou Diving Petrel not recognised as a separate species and reverts back to subspecies whenuahouensis of South Georgian Diving Petrel. (NZCL 2024 the same as AviList 2025) | |
| Whenua Hou | Considered a separate species to South Georgian in WLAB 4.1 (Whenua Hou Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides whenuahouensis) but not in NZCL 2022 where it is a subspecies of South Georgian Diving-Petrel. | Whenua Hou Diving Petrel not recognised as a separate species and reverts back to subspecies whenuahouensis of South Georgian Diving Petrel. (NZCL 2024 the same as AviList 2025) |
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| Dollarbird (Coraciidae) | |||
| (Dollarbird with no name qualifier) | Common name now Oriental Dollarbird (WLAB 4.1), Dollarbird in NZCL 2022. | ||
| Oriental | See note for Dollarbird. | extra extralimital subspecies cyanocollis (noted but not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed) | |
| Dotterel (Charadriidae) | |||
| Banded | See Double-banded Plover | ||
| Black-fronted | WLAB 4.1 name. Black-fronted Plover in HANZAB book | Genus changed from Elseyornis to Thinornis | |
| Inland | Genus change: now Peltohyas australis | ||
| New Zealand | Two subspecies in NZCL 2022. Subspecies elevated to species (Northern Red-breasted Dotterel, Southern red-breasted Dotterel) in BLI 2022 but not NZCL 2022. NZCL 2022 followed | ||
| Northern Red-breasted | See note for New Zealand Dotterel. Charadrius aquilonius in BLI 2022. | ||
| Oriental | See Oriental Plover. | ||
| Red-kneed | |||
| Rufous-chested | species added from inclusion in AviBase list for South Georgia and South Sandwich islands | ||
| Southern Red-breasted | See note for New Zealand Dotterel. Charadrius obscurus in BLI 2022 | ||
| Dove (Columbidae) (See also Cuckoo-Dove, Fruit-Dove, Gound-Dove, Turtle-Dove) | |||
| African Collared Dove | AviList 2025 English name for Barbary Dove | ||
| Barbary | WLAB 4.1 Streptopelia roseogrisea. Streptopelia risoria NZCL 2022. | Polytypic with roseogrisea introduced in HANZAB region | |
| Bar-shouldered | |||
| Brown-capped Emerald | Species from the split of Emerald Dove | English name is Pacific Emerald Dove – not applied until AviList English names confirmed. | |
| Common Emerald | AviList name for Grey-capped Emerald Dove – not applied until AviList English names confirmed. | ||
| Diamond | |||
| Eared | Not in HANZAB book. | ||
| Emerald | Now split: Brown-capped Emerald-Dove Chalcophaps longirostirs; Grey-capped Emerald-Dove Chalcophaps indica | ||
| Grey-capped Emerald | AviList name is Common Emerald Dove | ||
| Laughing | Subspecies sokotrae (Grant, 1914), not separated from senegalensis. | ||
| Norfolk Ground | AviList English name for Norfolk Island Ground-Dove | ||
| Oriental Turtle | |||
| Pacific Emerald | AviList name for Brown-capped Emerald Dove | ||
| Peaceful | Now Geopelia placida (WLAB 4.1) | New Guinea subspecies papua, Rand, 1942, removed as it is included in the nominate subspecies placida. | |
| Red Collared | AviList name for Red Turtle-Dove – not applied. | ||
| Rock (Feral Pigeon) | |||
| Spotted | Spotted Turtle-Dove in HANZAB book. Genus change – now Spilopelia chinensis (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022). Subspecies changes. | ||
| Stephan’s Emerald | Added from BARC submission 1287 – vagrant in HANZAB region. | ||
| Dowitcher (Scolopacidae) | |||
| Asian | Known as Asiatic Dowitcher (NZCL 2022) | ||
| Asiatic | NZCL 2022 name for Asian Dowitcher | ||
| Long-billed | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Limnodromus scolopaceus. (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Short-billed | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Limnodromus griseus. (WLAB 4.1) |
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| Drongo (Dicruridae) | |||
| Crow-billed | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Dicrurus annectens (WLAB 4.1). | ||
| Spangled | |||
| Drongo-Cuckoo (Cuculidae) | |||
| Square-tailed | Surniculus lugubris – vagrant (WLAB 4.1) |
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| Duck (Anatidae) (See also Whisling-Duck, Hardhead) | |||
| Amsterdam | Not in HANZAB book. Anas marecula (BLI 2022). Extinct. Antarctica. | English name Amsterdam Wigeon | |
| Argentine Ruddy | English name now Lake Duck | ||
| Australian White-eyed | See Hardhead. | ||
| Australian Wood | Maned Duck in HANZAB book. Common name now Australian Wood Duck. | ||
| Blue | |||
| Blue-billed | |||
| Freckled | See Taxonomic changes for AviList 2025 in Anatidae. | ||
| Grey | See Pacific Black | ||
| Hybrids | |||
| Lake | Argentine Ruddy Duck known as Lake Duck | ||
| Maned | See Australian Wood | English name Maned Duck | |
| Musk | |||
| Pacific Black | Known as Grey Duck in NZCL 2022. | Polytypic | |
| Pink-eared | |||
| Tufted | Not in HANZAB book. Aythya fuligula included WLAB 4.1 | ||
| Wood | See Australian Wood Duck. | ||
| Dunlin (Scolopacidae) | |||
| (Dunlin with no name qualifier) | Four subspecies added | ||
| Dunnock (Accentors) | |||
| (Dunnock with no name qualifier) |
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| Eagle (Accipitridae)(See also Sea-Eagle) | Order change – now in Accipitriformes | ||
| Gurney’s | |||
| Little | Split: subspecies are now species. | ||
| Wedge-tailed | |||
| White-bellied Sea | English name for White-bellied Sea-Eagle |
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| Eclectus (Psittaculidae) | |||
| Papuan | English name for Eclectus Parrot |
| Egret (Ardeidae) | Order change – now in Pelecaniformes | ||
| Cattle | Genus change – now Bubulcus ibis. | Split into Eastern Cattle Egret and Western Cattle Egret | |
| Chinese | |||
| Eastern Cattle | Cattle Egret split into Eastern Cattle Egret and Western Cattle Egret | ||
| Eastern Reef | Genus changed – now Egretta sacra. | English name Pacific Reef Heron | |
| Great | |||
| Intermediate | Australian subspecies plumifera elevated to Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera in WLAB 4.1. As a result, Intermediate Egret is now considered a vagrant in WLAB 4.1. Subspecies plumifera remains that in NZCL 2022. | ||
| Little | Genus change – now Egretta garzetta. | Subspecies dimorpha of Western Reef Egret treated as subspecies dimorpha of Little Egret Egretta garzetta | |
| Medium | English name for Intermediate Egret | ||
| Plumed | See note for Intermediate. Ardea plumifera | ||
| Snowy | Species added from AviBase list for South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands | ||
| Swinhoe’s | Name change: Chinese Egret (BLI 2022) | ||
| Western Cattle | Cattle Egret split into Eastern Cattle Egret and Western Cattle Egret | ||
| Western Reef | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant (WLAB 4.1). Egretta gularis | Subspecies dimorpha of Western Reef Egret treated as subspecies dimorpha of Little Egret Egretta garzetta |
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| Emerald-Dove (Columbidae) | |||
| Brown-capped | Emerald Dove in HANZAB book. Now split: Grey-capped Emerald-Dove Chalcophaps indica; Brown-capped Emerald-Dove Chalcophaps longirostris | ||
| Grey-capped | Emerald Dove in HANZAB book. Now split: Grey-capped Emerald-Dove Chalcophaps indica; Brown-capped Emerald-Dove. | ||
| Emu (Casuariidae) | Family change – Dromaiidae in HANZAB book | Order change: Casuariidae moved from STRUTHIONIFORMES to CASUARIIFORMES | |
| (Emu with no name qualifier) | King Island Emu Dromaius minor and Kangaroo Island Emu Dromaius baudinianus made subspecies minor and baudinianus of Emu. | ||
| Kangaroo Island | Made a subspecies, baudinianus, of Emu | ||
| King Island | Specific name change: now Dromaius minor | Made a subspecies, minor, of Emu | |
| Emu-wren (Maluridae) | |||
| Mallee | |||
| Rufous-crowned | |||
| Southern |
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| Fairy-wren/Fairywren (Maluridae) | English name Fairywren | ||
| Blue-breasted | |||
| Lovely | |||
| Purple-backed | See note for Variegated. | ||
| Purple-crowned | |||
| Red-backed | |||
| Red-winged | |||
| Splendid | |||
| Superb | |||
| Variegated | All subspecies except lamberti now Purple-backed Fairy-Wren Malurus assimilis | ||
| White-winged | |||
| Falcon (Falconidae) | |||
| Amur | Not included in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Falco amurensis (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Black | |||
| Brown | Subspecies occidentalis not recognised – noted but not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed | ||
| Eleonora’s | Species added from Avibase list for Kerugulan Islands. | ||
| Grey | |||
| New Zealand | |||
| Peregrine | Subspecies in Aust. now includes submelanogenys and calidus | ||
| Fantail (Rhipiduridae) | Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Arafura | Not included in HANZAB book. See note for Rufous Fantail. | ||
| Australian Rufous | See note for Rufous Fantail | ||
| Grey | Now split into Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa and New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa. | ||
| Mangrove | |||
| Mangrove Grey | Known as Mangrove Fantail in WLAB 4.1 | ||
| New Zealand | Rhipidura fuliginosa. See note for Grey Fantail. | ||
| Northern | Now Rhipidura isura (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Rufous | Split: – Arafura Fantail Rhipidura dryas (subspecies dryas and a number of extralimital subspecies) – Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons (intermedia, rufifrons and a number of extralimital subspecies – extralimitally, Manus Fantail Rhipidura semirubra (subspecies semirubra ). | Rufous Fantail complex (Rhipidura rufifrons and Rhipidura dryas) divided into eight species, with three recorded in HANZAB region: – Arafura Fantail Rhipidura dryas with two subspecies, dryas and streptophora (HANZAB 2023 subspecies semicollaris now Supertramp Fantail) – Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons with two subspecies, intermedia and rufifrons – Supertramp Fantail Rhipidura semicollaris with nine subspecies | |
| Supertramp | See note for Rufous Fantail for details of split |
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| Fernbird (Locustellidae) | Family change – Sylviidae in HANZAB book | ||
| (Fernbird with no name qualifier) | Genus change – Poodytes punctatus (NZCL 2022) | subspecies gender change from stewartiana to stewartianus | |
| Chatham Island | Genus change – Poodytes rufescens (NZCL 2022) | ||
| New Zealand | English name for Fernbird | ||
| Fernwren (Acanthizidae) | Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| (Fernwren with no name qualifier) |
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| Fieldwren (Acanthizidae) | Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Rufous | Split: subspecies montanellus elevated to Western Fieldwren Calamanthus montanellus (WLAB 4.1). | ||
| Striated | |||
| Western | Calamanthus montanellus (WLAB 4.1). See note for Rufous Fieldwren. | ||
| Figbird (Oriolidae) | |||
| Australasian | See note for Figbird. | ||
| Figbird | Figbird Sphecotheres viridis in HANZAB book split. Subspecies ashbyi, flaviventris, vieilloti, cucullatus and salvadorii now Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti (WLAB 4.1). | ||
| Fig-Parrot (Psittaculidae) | Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book | ||
| Coxen’s | See note for Double-eyed Fig-Parrot. Cyclopsitta coxeni. | Species demoted to subspecies coxeni of Double-eyed Fig-Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma | |
| Double-eyed | Split: subspecies coxeni elevated to Coxen’s Fig-Parrot Cyclopsitta coxeni. | Coxen’s Fig-Parrot demoted to subspecies coxeni of Double-eyed Fig-Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma Subspecies coccineifrons not separated from subspecies diophthalma – not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed | |
| Finch (Estrildidae)(See also Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Firetail, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Hawfinch, Mannikin, Munia, Parrot-Finch) | |||
| Black-bellied Crimson | Neochmia phaeton (WLAB 4.1). See note for Crimson | Black-bellied Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton lumped back into Crimson Finch as subspecies. | |
| Black-throated | |||
| Bramble (Brambling) | |||
| Crimson | Split: Black-bellied Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton; White-bellied Crimson Finch Neochmia evangelinae. | Black-bellied Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton lumped back into Crimson Finch as subspecies. | |
| Double-barred | Genus change from Taeniopygia to Stizoptera | ||
| Gouldian | Genus change – Chloebia gouldiae (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Long-tailed | |||
| Masked | |||
| Painted | |||
| Plum-headed | Scientific name change from Neochmia modesta to Emblema modestum | ||
| Red-browed | |||
| Star | |||
| White-bellied Crimson | Neochmia evangelinae (WLAB 4.1). See note for Crimson | White-bellied Crimson Finch Neochmia evangelinae lumped back into Crimson Finch as subspecies. | |
| Zebra | Zebra Finch Taeniopygia gutta in HANZAB book split: – subspecies castanotis elevated to Taeniopygia castanotis (WLAB 4.1) – subspecies guttata elevated to Timor Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata. | Subspecies guttata returned to Zebra Finch making it polytypic and changing the specific name to guttata | |
| Fireback (Phasianidae) | |||
| Crested | |||
| Firetail (Estrildidae) | |||
| Beautiful | Polytypic (bella, interposita and samueli). Noted but not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed. | ||
| Diamond | |||
| Red-eared | |||
| Fish-Owl (Strigidae) | |||
| Buffy | Subspecies aagaardi not separated from ketupu – not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed |
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| Flamingo (Phoenicopteridae) | |||
| Greater | Now Phoenicopterus roseus | ||
| Flowerpecker (Dicaeidae) | |||
| Red-capped | |||
| Flycatcher (Monarchidae) | Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book | ||
| Broad-billed | |||
| Leaden | |||
| Paperbark | Myiagra nana (WLAB 4.1). See note for Restless Flycatcher. | ||
| Restless | Split: – subspecies nana elevated to Paperbark Flycatcher Myiagra nana (WLAB 4.1). | ||
| Satin | |||
| Shining | |||
| Flycatcher (Muscicapidae) (See also Monarch)(See also Flycatcher (Petroicidae) | Some flycatcher species moved Family to Petroicidae and Monarchidae. | ||
| Asian brown | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Muscicapa dauurica (WLAB 4.1) | Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica split: Brown-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa williamsoni, polytypic (williamsoni, umbrosa), Myanmar to Borneo Sulawesi Streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa sodhii (monotypic), Sulawawesi Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica, polytypic (dauurica, poonensis, siamensis) As subspecies of birds recorded in Australia have not been identified, it is unknown which of the split species has been recorded. Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica used. | |
| Blue-and-white | |||
| Dark-sided | Known as Sooty Flycatcher in HANZAB book. | ||
| Grey-streaked | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Muscicapa griseisticta (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Mugimaki | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Ficedula mugimaki (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Narcissus | |||
| Siberian Blue | See Siberian Blue Robin. | ||
| Sooty | Now known as Dark-sided Flycatcher (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Flycatcher (Petroicidae) | |||
| Kimberley | Microeca tormenti (WLAB 4.1). See note for Lemon-bellied Flycatcher | Demoted to subspecies tormenti in Lemon-bellied Flycatcher | |
| Lemon-bellied | Split: – subspecies tormenti elevated to Kimberley Flycatcher Microeca tormenti (WLAB 4.1) | Kimberley Flycatcher treated as subspecies tormenti of Lemon-bellied Flycatcher, as it was in HANZAB book. | |
| Yellow-legged | Genus change – Kempiella griseoceps (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Flyrobin (Petroicidae) | |||
| Yellow-legged | English name for Yellow-legged Flycatcher |
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| Friarbird (Meliphagidae) | |||
| Helmeted | Subspecies changes. | ||
| Little | |||
| Noisy | |||
| Silver-crowned | |||
| Frigatebird (Fregatidae) | Fregatidae moved from PELECANIFORMES to SULIFORMES | ||
| Christmas/ Christmas Island | Called Christmas Island Frigatebird in WLAB 4.1. | English name Christmas Frigatebird | |
| Great | |||
| Least | Name change: see Lesser Frigatebird | ||
| Lesser | Name in NZCL 2022 for Least Frigatebird | ||
| Frogmouth (Podargidae) | Order change: Podargidae moved from CAPRIMULGIFORMES to PODARGIFORMES | ||
| Marbled | Split. Subspecies inexpectatus elevated to Solomons Frogmouth. | ||
| Papuan | |||
| Tawny | |||
| Fruit-Dove (Columbidae) | |||
| Banded | Australian subspecies alligator now Black-banded Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus alligator. | ||
| Black-banded | |||
| Orange-bellied | Not in HANZAB book. Ptilinopus iozonus Vagrant (WLAB 4.1) | Subspecies reduced from five to four with subspecies pseudohumeralis synonymous with humeralis. | |
| Orange-fronted | Not in HANZAB book. Ptilinopus aurantiifrons Vagrant (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Rose-crowned | |||
| Superb | Polytypic | ||
| Wompoo | Genus change. Now Megaloprepia magnifica |
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| Fulmar (Procellariidae) | |||
| Antarctic | See Southern Fulmar. | ||
| Northern | Not in HANZAB book. Fulmarus glacialis (NZCL 2022) | Extra subspecies auduboni. | |
| Southern | Known as Anarctic Fulmar in NZCL 2022. |
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| Galah (Cacatuidae) | |||
| (Galah with no name qualifier) | |||
| Galliformes (Phasianidae, Tetraonidae, Numididae, Odontophoridae) | |||
| Galliformes, Failed introductions of | |||
| Gallinule (Rallidae) | |||
| Allen’s | Added from Avibase listing, rare in South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands | ||
| Purple | Specific name change: martinicus changed to martinica. | ||
| White | English name White Swamphen | ||
| Gannet (Sulidae) | Order change: Sulidae moved from PELECANIFORMES to SULIFORMES | ||
| Australasian | Genus change – now Morus serrator | ||
| Cape | Genus change – now Morus capensis | ||
| Garganey (Anatidae) | |||
| (Garganey with no name qualifier) | Genus change – now Spatula querquedula |
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| Gerygone (Acanthizidae)(See also Warbler) | Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Brown | |||
| Chatham Islands | |||
| Dusky | |||
| Fairy | Subspecies inconspica not separated from subspecies palpebrosa | ||
| Green-backed | Now Gerygone chloronota (WLAB 4.1) | Subspecies cinereiceps, (Sharpe, 1886), New Guinea and aruensis Büttikofer, 1893, Aru Is not separated from subspecies chloronata. | |
| Grey | English name change of Grey Warbler to Grey Gerygone (still Grey Warbler in NZCL 2024) | ||
| Large-billed | Only three extralimital subspecies with: -cobana and occasa included in conspicillata – proxima, onerosa and tagulana in rosseliana. | ||
| Lord Howe | |||
| Mangrove | |||
| Norfolk/Norfolk Island | English name Norfolk Gerygone | ||
| Rusty-tailed | Not included | ||
| Western | |||
| White-throated |
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| Giant-Petrel (Procellariidae) (Giant Petrel in NZCL 2022, BLI 2022) | |||
| Northern | |||
| Southern | |||
| Gibberbird (Meliphagidae) | |||
| Gibberbird |
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| Godwit (Scolopacidae) | |||
| Bar-tailed | Subspecies revised. | ||
| Black-tailed | Extra extralimital subspecies bohaii | ||
| Hudsonian | |||
| Goldfinch (Fringillidae) | |||
| European | Split, with four extralimital subspecies moved to Grey-crowned Goldfinch | ||
| Goose (Anatidae) (See also Pygmy-Goose) | |||
| Canada | |||
| Cape Barren | |||
| Cotton Pygmy | |||
| Green Pygmy | |||
| Greylag | Not in HANZAB book. Anser anser (NZCL 2022) | ||
| Goose (Anseranatidae) | |||
| Magpie | |||
| Goshawk (Accipitridae) | Order change – now in Accipitriformes | ||
| Brown | Subspecies in WLAB 4.1 now includes dogwa. | Scientific name change, from Accipiter fasciatus to Tachyspiza fasciata Subspecies fasciatus change gender to fasciata (updated in this text) | |
| Chinese | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Accipiter soloensis (WLAB 4.1) | Genus change, from Accipiter to Tachyspiza. English name Chinese Sparrowhawk | |
| Grey | Split: all subspecies except novaehollandiae now Variable Goshawk Accipiter hiogaster. | Genus change, from Accipiter to Tachyspiza | |
| Grey-headed | Species added from accepted Barc submission 1299 | ||
| Red | |||
| Variable | Species added from accepted BARC submission 1295 |
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| Grassbird (Locustellidae) | Family change Sylviidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Little | Genus change – Poodytes gramineus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Tawny | Genus change – Cincloramphus timoriensis (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Grasshopper-warbler (Locustellidae) | Family not in HANZAB book. | ||
| Gray’s | In family Sylviidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Middendorff’s | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Helopsaltes ochotensis (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Pallas’s | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Helopsaltes certhiola (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Grasswren (Maluridae) | |||
| Black | |||
| Carpentarian | |||
| Dusky | |||
| Eyrean | |||
| Grey | |||
| Kalkadoon | |||
| Opalton | Subspecies rowleyi split from Striated Grasswren | ||
| Pilbara | Subspecies parvus and whitei split from Striated Grasswren into Pilbara Grasswren | ||
| Sandhill | Subspecies oweni and aenigma split from Striated Grasswren into Sandhill Grasswren | ||
| Short-tailed | |||
| Striated | Seven subspecies in WLAB 4.1. | Striated Grasswren Amytornis striatus split: Pilbara Grasswren A. whitei, Black, 2020, subspecies parvus and whitei Sandhill Grasswren A. oweni, Mathews, GM, 1911, subspecies oweni and aenigma Striated Grasswren A. striatus, (Gould, 1840), subspecies striatus and howei Opalton Grasswren A. rowleyi, Schodde and Mason, 1999, monotypic. | |
| Thick-billed | Split: – western subspecies now Western Grasswren Amytornis textilis with 5 subspecies recognised; – remaining subspecies Thick-billed Grasswren Amytornis modestus with 7 subspecies. (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Western | Amytornis textilis. See note for Thick-billed Grasswren. | Subspecies carteri and giganturus not included | |
| White-throated | |||
| Grebe (Podicipedidae) | |||
| Australasian | Eastern Little Grebe in NZCL 2022 with Australasian Little Grebe as subspecies novaehollandiae. | ||
| Eastern Little | NZCL 2024 name for Australasian Grebe | ||
| Great | Not in HANZAB book. | ||
| Great Crested | |||
| Hoary-headed | |||
| Little | Not in HANZAB book. WLAB 4.1 – vagrant. Tachybaptus ruficollis | Number of extralimital subspecies changed from eight to nine. | |
| New Zealand | English name change: New Zealand Dabchick changed to New Zealand Grebe | ||
| Greenfinch (Fringillidae) | |||
| Common | See note for European Greenfinch. | ||
| European | Name and Genus change – Common Greenfinch Chloris chloris (WLAB 4.1). Name unchanged in NZCL 2022 but genus changed – Chloris chloris. | English name for Common Greenfinch Chloris chloris | |
| Greenshank (Scolopacidae) | |||
| Common | |||
| Nordmann’s | |||
| Ground-dove (Columbidae) | |||
| Norfolk Island | Genus change. Now Pampusana norfolkiensis (Avibase) or Alopecoenas norfolkensis (BW) or not included in the taxonomy (WLAB 4.1, BLI 2022). Considered by others to be a regional form of Grey-capped Emerald-Dove and not a full species. | Included in AviList 2025 as Norfolk Ground Dove | |
| Ground-Tyrant (Tyrannidae) | |||
| Dark-faced | Specific name change: now Muscisaxicola maclovianus | ||
| Grouse (Phasianidae) | |||
| Black | |||
| Sharp-tailed | |||
| Willow |
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| Guineafowl (Numididae) | |||
| Helmeted | |||
| Gull (Laridae) | |||
| Black-billed | Genus change in NZCL 2022 – Chroicocephalus bulleri – no change in BLI 2022. | Genus change from Larus to Chroicocephalus | |
| Black-headed | Genus change from Larus to Chroicocephalus | ||
| Black-tailed | |||
| Brown-hooded | Species added from AviBase list for Antarctic Islands – recorded at King George Island off Antarctic Peninsula | ||
| Common | AviList English name for Mew Gull | ||
| Dolphin | Genus change from Larus to Leucophaeus | ||
| Franklin’s | Genus change in NZCL 2022 – Leucophaeus pipixcan – no change in WLAB 4.1. | Genus change from Larus to Leucophaeus | |
| Grey | Genus change from Larus to Leucophaeus | ||
| Hartlaub’s | Genus change from Larus to Leucophaeus | ||
| Kelp | Known as Southern Black-backed Gull in NZCL 2022. | Subspecies change from two to five with dominicanus split with the addition of judithae and austinus, and vetula split with the addition of melisandae. | |
| Laughing | Genus change in NZCL 2022 – Leucophaeus atricilla – no change in WLAB 4.1. | Genus change from Larus to Leucophaeus. | |
| Lesser Black-backed | |||
| Mew | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Larus canus (WLAB 4.1) | Subspecies brachyrhynchus elevated to Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus. English name Common Gull | |
| Olrog’s | |||
| Pacific | |||
| Sabine’s | Genus change – now Xema sabini | ||
| Silver | Genus change in NZCL 2022 – Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae – but not WLAB 4.1. | Genus change from Larus to Chroicocephalus | |
| Slaty-backed | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Larus schistisagus (WLAB 4.1). | ||
| Southern Black-backed | See Kelp Gull |
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| Hardhead (Anatidae) | |||
| (Hardhead with no name qualifier) | Australian White-eyed Duck in NZCL 2022. | ||
| Harrier (Accipitridae) | Order change – now in Accipitriformes | ||
| Eastern Marsh | |||
| Spotted | |||
| Swamp | Subspecies change: now polytypic. | Monotypic | |
| Hawfinch (Fringillidae) | |||
| Hawfinch | |||
| Hawk-Cuckoo (Cuculidae) | |||
| Hodgson’s | AviList name for Whistling Hawk-Cuckoo | ||
| Large | Not in HANZAB book. Hierococcyx sparverioides – vagrant (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Whistling | Not in HANZAB book. Hierococcyx nisicolor – vagrant (WLAB 4.1) | English name change Hodgson’s Hawk-Cuckoo. | |
| Hawk-owl (Strigidae) | |||
| Brown | Now known as Brown Boobook (BLI 2022) | ||
| Christmas Island | Now known as Christmas Island Boobook (WLAB 4.1) |
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| Heathwren (Acanthizidae) | Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Chestnut-rumped | Genus change – Calamanthus pyrrhopygius (WLAB 4.1) | Scientific name reverted back to Hylacola pyrrhopygia. Gender change of subspecies pyrrhopygius to pyrrhopygia. | |
| Shy | Genus change – Calamanthus cautus (WLAB 4.1) | Scientific name change: reverted back to Hylacola cauta. Subspecies gender change from cautus to cauta, macrorhynchus to macrorhyncha, halmaturinus to halmaturina. | |
| Heron (Ardeidae) | Order change – now in Pelecaniformes | ||
| Black-crowned Night | |||
| Chinese Pond | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Ardeola bacchus. | ||
| Great-billed | Monotypic | ||
| Grey | |||
| Japanese Night | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Gorsachius goisagi | ||
| Javan Pond | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Ardeola speciosa. | ||
| Little | Striated Heron Butorides striata split into four species, with HANZAB birds now Little Heron. | ||
| Malay Night | Now Malayan Night-Heron Gorsachius melanolophus. (WLAB 4.1) | Monotypic | |
| Nankeen Night | Rufous Night Heron in HANZAB book. | ||
| Pacific | |||
| Pacific Reef | AviList name for Eastern Reef Egret | ||
| Pied | Genus change – now Egretta picata. | ||
| Purple | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Ardea purpurea. | ||
| Reef | Name in NZCL 2022 for Eastern Reef Egret in HANZAB book. | ||
| Rufous Night | Nankeen Night Heron in WLAB 4.1 | ||
| Striated | Genus change – now Butorides striata (WLAB 4.1) Extra subspecies in WLAB 4.1 – Butorides striata amurensis. | Striated Heron Butorides striata split into four species, with HANZAB birds now Little Heron. | |
| Western Reef | English name for Western Reef Egret | ||
| White-faced | Genus change – now Egretta novaehollandiae. Now polytypic: novaehollandiae; parryi. | Monotypic | |
| White-necked |
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| Hobby (Falconidae) | |||
| Australian | |||
| Eurasian | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Falco subbuteo (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Honey-buzzard (Accipitridae) | Order change – now in Accipitriformes | ||
| Long-tailed | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Henicopernis longicauda (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Oriental | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Pernis ptilorhynchus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Honeyeater (Meliphagidae) | |||
| Banded | Genus change – now Cissomela pectoralis | ||
| Bar-breasted | |||
| Black | Genus change – now Sugomel nigrum. (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Black-chinned | Split: – subspecies laetior elevated to Golden-backed Honeyeater Melithreptus laetior (WLAB 4.1) – subspecies gularis remains as Black-chinned Melithreptus gularis which is now monotypic. | Golden-backed Honeyeater merged back into Black-chinned Honeyeater, subspecies laetior, making Black-chinned Honeyeater polytypic. | |
| Black-headed | |||
| Blue-faced | Split: subspecies albipennis elevated to White-quilled Honeyeater Entomyzon albipennis. Remaining subspecies remain as Blue-faced Honeyeater | White-quilled Honeyeater merged back into Blue-faced Honeyeater, subspecies albipennis | |
| Bridled | Genus change – Bolemoreus frenatus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Brown | |||
| Brown-backed | |||
| Brown-headed | |||
| Crescent | Specific name change -now Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Cryptic | Microptilotis imitatrix (WLAB 4.1). See note for Graceful Honeyeater. | Genus change from Microptilotis to Meliphaga | |
| Dusky | Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura split:Dusky Myzomela M. obscura (polytypic – fumata, harterti, obsura) and three extralimital species. | ||
| Eungella | Genus change – now Bolemoreus hindwoodi (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Fuscous | Genus change – Ptilotula fusca (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Gilbert’s | Melithreptus chloropsis (WLAB 4.1). See note for White-naped Honeyeater) | ||
| Golden-backed | Melithreptus laetior (WLAB 4.1). See note for Black-chinned Honeyeater. | Golden-backed Honeyeater merged back into Black-chinned Honeyeater as subspecies laetior. | |
| Graceful | Split and genus change – Microptilotis gracilis (WLAB 4.1). Subspecies imitatrix elevated to Cryptic Honeyeater Microptilotis imitatrix. | Genus changed from Microptilotis to Meliphaga | |
| Green-backed | |||
| Grey | |||
| Grey-fronted | Genus change – Ptilotula plumula (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Grey-headed | Genus change – Ptilotula keartlandi (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Kimberley | Microptilotis fordianus (WLAB 4.1). See note for White-lined Honeyeater. | Scientific name changed from Microptilotis fordianus to Meliphaga fordiana | |
| Lewin’s | |||
| Macleay’s | Specific name change: Xanthotis macleayanus in WLAB 4.1. | ||
| Mangrove | Genus change – Gavicalis fasciogularis (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| New Holland | |||
| Painted | |||
| Pied | |||
| Purple-gaped | |||
| Red-headed | |||
| Regent | Genus change – Anthochaera phrygia (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Rufous-banded | |||
| Rufous-throated | |||
| Scarlet | |||
| Singing | Genus change – Gavicalis virescens (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Spiny-cheeked | |||
| Striped | |||
| Strong-billed | |||
| Tawny-breasted | Extralimital subspecies change: twelve now recognised. | Subspecies changes | |
| Tawny-crowned | Genus change – Gliciphila melanops (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Varied | Genus change – Gavicalis versicolor (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| White-cheeked | Now Phylidonyris niger (WLAB 4.1). | ||
| White-eared | Genus change – now Nesoptilotis leucotis (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| White-fronted | Genus change – Purnella albifrons (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| White-gaped | Genus change – Stomiopera unicolor (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| White-lined | Split: subspecies fordiana elevated to Kimberley Honeyeater Microptilotis fordianus. Remaining subspecies – genus change White-lined Honeyeater Microptilotis albilineatus. (WLAB 4.1) | Scientific name changed from Microptilotis albilineatus to Meliphaga albilineata | |
| White-naped | Split: subspecies chloropsis elevated to Gilbert’s Honeyeater Melithreptus chloropsis. White-naped now monotypic. | ||
| White-plumed | Genus change – Ptilotula penicillata (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| White-quilled | Entomyzon albipennis (WLAB 4.1). See note for Blue-faced Honeyeater. | White-quilled Honeyeater merged back into Blue-faced Honeyeater as subspecies albipennis | |
| White-streaked | |||
| White-throated | |||
| Yellow | Genus change – Stomiopera flava. Subspecies flavus now flava. (WLAB 4.1). | ||
| Yellow-faced | Genus change – Caligavis chrysops (WLAB 4,1) | ||
| Yellow-plumed | Genus change – Ptilotula ornata (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Yellow-spotted | |||
| Yellow-throated | Genus change – now Nesoptilotis flavicollis (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Yellow-tinted | Genus change – Ptilotula flavescens (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Yellow-tufted | Subspecies gippslandicus added (should have been added in HANZAB 2023) | ||
| Hoopoe (Upupidae) | Family not in HANZAB book. | ||
| Common | AviList English name for Eurasian Hoopoe | ||
| Eurasian | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Upupa epops (WLAB 4.1) | English name Common Hoopoe | |
| Hornbill (Bucerotidae) | Family added. Order added: BUCEROTIFORMES | ||
| Blyth’s | Species added from accepted BARC submission 1326 |
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| Huia(Callaeidae) | |||
| Huia |
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| Hylacola (See Heathwren) |
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| Ibis (Threskiornithidae) | Order change – now in Pelecaniformes | ||
| Australian White | Now Threskiornis moluccus in WLAB 4.1. Still Threskiornis molucca in NZCL 2022. | ||
| Buff-necked | Not in HANZAB book. | ||
| Glossy | |||
| Sacred | See Australian White Ibis | ||
| Straw-necked | |||
| White | Name in NZCL 2022. See Australian White Ibis |
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| Imperial-Pigeon (Columbidae) | |||
| Blue-tailed | Not in HANZAB book. WLAB 4.1 – vagrant. Ducula concinna | English name Elegant Imperial Pigeon | |
| Christmas Island/Christmas | English name Christmas Imperial Pigeon | ||
| Collared | Monotypic | ||
| Elegant | Name change: now Blue-tailed Imperial-Pigeon | English name Elegant Imperial Pigeon | |
| Pied | Pied Imperial Pigeon in HANZAB book split: Pied Imperial-Pigeon Ducula bicolor; Torresian Imperial-Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa. | English name Pied Imperial Pigeon | |
| Torresian | See note for Pied Imperial-Pigeon | English name Torresian Imperial Pigeon | |
| Zoe’s | Not in HANZAB book. WLAB 4.1 – vagrant. Ducula zoeae | English name Zoe’s Imperial Pigeon |
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| Jabiru (Ciconiidae) | |||
| See Black-necked Stork | |||
| Jacana (Jacanidae) | |||
| Comb-crested | Monotypic | ||
| Pheasant-tailed | |||
| Jackdaw (Corvidae) | |||
| (Jackdaw with no name qualifier) | |||
| Jacky Winter (Petroicidae) | |||
| (Jacky Winter with no name qualifier) | |||
| Jaeger (Stercorariidae ) | Family was split from Laridae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Arctic | English name Parasitic Jaeger | ||
| Long-tailed | |||
| Parasitic | AviList name for Arctic Jaeger | ||
| Pomarine |
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| Junglefowl (Phasianidae) | |||
| Green | |||
| Red (prev. Feral Chicken) |
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| Kaka (Strigopidae) | Family change Psittacidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| (Kaka with no name qualifier) | |||
| Norfolk Island/Norfolk | English name Norfolk Kaka | ||
| Kakapo (Strigopidae) | Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| (Kakapo with no name qualifier) | Specific name change: Strigops habroptila in NZCL 2022, BLI 2022. | Scientific name reverts to Strigops habroptilus |
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| Kea (Strigopidae) | Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| (Kea with no name qualifier) | |||
| Kestrel (Falconidae) | |||
| American | Not in HANZAB book. | ||
| Australian | Name in HANZAB book for Nankeen Kestrel. | ||
| Australian Nankeen | See Nankeen Kestrel | ||
| Nankeen | Name in WLAB 4.1 and NZCL 2022. See Australian Kestrel |
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| Kingbird (Tyrannidae) | |||
| Eastern | |||
| Kingfisher (Alcedinidae)(see also Paradise-kingfisher) | Collared, Forest, Red-backed, Sacred and Yellow-billed in Family Halcyonidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Azure | Genus change – Ceyx azureus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Black-capped | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Halcyon pileata (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Collared | Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris split into six species: – Collared Kingfisher T. chloris (polytypic) (ssp. chloris a vagrant to Australia) – Torresian Kingfisher T. sordidus (polytypic) (northern coastal Australia) – Four extralimital species | ||
| Common | Not in the HANZAB book. Vagrant. Alcedo atthis (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Forest | |||
| Little | Genus change – Ceyx pusillus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Red-backed | Now Todiramphus pyrrhopygius. | ||
| Sacred | Split: subspecies recurvirostris in HANZAB book elevated to Flat-billed Kingfisher Todiramphus recurvirostris. | Norfolk Island birds split from subspecies vagans into norfolkiensis | |
| Torresian | Species created from split of Collared Kingfisher | ||
| Yellow-billed | |||
| King-Parrot (Psittaculidae) | Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Australian | |||
| Kiskadee (Tyrannidae) | |||
| Great | Not in HANZAB book. | ||
| Kite (Accipitridae) | Order change – now in Accipitriformes | ||
| Black | Subspecies aegyptius and parasitus now Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius. | Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius treated as conspecific, resulting in two extra subspecies: – aegyptius, Egypt, southwestern Arabia, and coastal northeastern Africa – parasitus, sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and Cape Verde and Comoro islands | |
| Black-shouldered | |||
| Brahminy | |||
| Letter-winged | |||
| Square-tailed | |||
| Whistling | Haliastur sphenurus not Haliastur sphenunis | ||
| Kiwi (Apterygidae) | Order change – now APTERYGIFORMES (NZCL 2022) (not in BLI) | ||
| Brown | Brown Kiwi Apteryx australis in HANZAB book split (NZCL 2022): – North Island Brown Kiwi Apteryx mantelli – Okarito Brown Kiwi Apteryx rowi – Southern Brown Kiwi Apteryx australis | ||
| Great Spotted | Specific name change – Apteryx maxima. (NZCL 2022) | ||
| Little Spotted | |||
| North Island Brown | Apteryx mantelli. See note for Brown Kiwi. (NZCL 2022) | ||
| Okarito Brown | Apteryx rowi. See note for Brown Kiwi | ||
| Southern Brown | Apteryx australis. See note for Brown Kiwi | Two named subspecies (different to NZCL 2024). Distributions swapped? |
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| Knot (Scolopacidae) | |||
| Great | |||
| Red | extra subspecies, piersmai |
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| Koel (Cuculidae) | |||
| Asian | Eudynamys scolopaceus – vagrant (WLAB 4.1) See Common | Subspecies changes. | |
| Common | Common Koel in HANZAB book split: Eastern Koel Eudynamys orientalis (WLAB 4.1) and Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus – vagrant (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Eastern | See note for Common Koel | English name Pacific Koel. Subspecies changes | |
| Long-tailed | English name for Long-tailed Cuckoo. | ||
| Pacific | English name of Eastern Koel in AviList 2025 Subspecies changes. | ||
| Kokako (Callaeidae) | |||
| (Kokako with no name qualifier) | Split: North Island Kokako | Kōkako Callaeas wilsoni; South Island Kokako | Kōkā Callaeas cinereus (NZCL 2022) | ||
| North Island | See note for Kokako. | ||
| South Island | See note for Kokako. | ||
| Kookaburra (Alcedinidae) | Family change – Halcyonidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Blue-winged | PNG birds ( intermedia) split into two subspecies, superflua and intermedia | ||
| Laughing |
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| Lapwing (Charadriidae)) | |||
| Banded | |||
| Blacksmith | |||
| Grey-headed | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Vanellus cinereus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Masked | |||
| Northern |
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| Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopidae) | Family not in HANZAB book. | ||
| Kamchatka | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Phylloscopus examinandus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Leiothrix (Sylviidae) | |||
| Red-billed |
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| Linnet (Fringillidae) | |||
| Linnet |
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| Logrunner (Orthonychidae) | |||
| Australian | Current name for Logrunner in HANZAB book. | ||
| Logrunner | Called Australian Logrunner in WLAB 4.1. | ||
| Lorikeet (Psittaculidae) | Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Coconut | See note for Rainbow Lorikeet. Trichoglossus haematodus (WLAB 4.1) | Subspecies changes. | |
| Little | Genus change from Glossopsitta to Parvipsitta | ||
| Musk | Scientific name change from Glossopsitta concinna to Trichoglossus concinnus Subspecies concinna gender change to concinnus | ||
| Purple-crowned | Genus change from Glossopsitta to Parvipsitta | ||
| Rainbow | Split: – subspecies rubritorquis elevated to Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis – nine subspecies now Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus – Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus . Rainbow Lorikeet scientific name change – now Trichoglossus moluccanus. Two subspecies: Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus moluccanus; Cape York Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus septentrionalis. | ||
| Red-collared | Trichoglossus rubritorquis. Rainbow lorikeet subspecies rubritorquis in HANZAB book. | ||
| Scaly-breasted | |||
| Varied |
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| Magpie (Artamidae) | |||
| Australian | Subspecies terraereginae not recognised. | ||
| Magpie (Corvidae) | |||
| Eurasian | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Pica pica (WLAB 4.1) | split into three species | |
| Magpie-lark (Monarchidae) | Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book | ||
| (Magpie-lark with no name qualifier) | |||
| Mallard (Anatidae) | |||
| (Mallard with no name qualifier) | |||
| Malleefowl (Megapodiidae) | |||
| (Malleefowl with no name qualifier) | |||
| Mannikin (Estrildidae) (See also Munia) | |||
| Chestnut-breasted | |||
| Nutmeg | English name Scaly-breasted Munia | ||
| Pictorella | |||
| Yellow-rumped | |||
| Manucode (Paradisaeidae) | |||
| Trumpet | Genus change – Phonygammus keraudrenii (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Martin (Hirundinidae) | |||
| Asian House | Subspecies cashmeriensis named cashmeriense | ||
| Fairy | Genus change – Petrochelidon ariel (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) | ||
| Sand | Subspecies change | ||
| Tree | Genus change – Petrochelidon nigricans (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) |
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| Meadowlark (Icteridae) | |||
| Long-tailed | Subspecies gender changes | ||
| Merganser (Anatidae) | |||
| Auckland Island | English name New Zealand Merganser | ||
| New Zealand |
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| Miner (Meliphagidae) | |||
| Bell | |||
| Black-eared | |||
| Noisy | Subspecies changes | ||
| Yellow-throated | |||
| Mistletoebird (Dicaeidae) | |||
| (Mistletoebird with no name qualifier) | Split: – subspecies ignicolle elevated to Aru Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignicolle; – subspecies keiense and fulgidum now subspecies of Pink-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum keiense; – Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum now monotypic | Aru Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignicolle demoted to subspecies ignicolle of Mistletoebird, making Mistletoebird polytypic |
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| Mocking-bird (Mimidae) | |||
| Patagonian | Not in HANZAB book. | ||
| Mollymawk (Diomedeidae) (See also Albatross) | Mollymawk used in NZTCS whereas WLAB 4.1 and NZCL 2022 use Albatross | ||
| Atlantic Yellow-nosed (See Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross) | |||
| Black-browed (See Black-browed Albatross) | |||
| Buller’s | |||
| Campbell Island (See Campbell Albatross) | |||
| Chatham Island (See Chatham Albatross) | |||
| Indian Yellow-nosed (See Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross) | |||
| White-capped (See Shy Albatross) | |||
| Monal (Phasianidae) | |||
| Himalayan | |||
| Monarch (Monarchidae) | Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Black-faced | |||
| Black-winged | |||
| Frill-knecked | Arses lorealis. (WLAB 4.1). See note for Frilled Monarch. | ||
| Frilled | Split: subspecies lorealis elevated to Frill-necked Monarch Arses lorealis. With this change, Frilled Monarch no longer on WLAB 4.1 list. | ||
| Island | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Monarcha cinerascens (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Pied | |||
| Spectacled | Genus change – Symposiachrus trivirgatus (WLAB 4.1) | Split, with four subspecies moved to two extralimital species | |
| White-eared | Genus change – Carterornis leucotis (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Moorhen (Rallidae) | |||
| Common | Not in HANZAB book. Gallinula chloropus (NZCL 2022) | ||
| Dusky | |||
| Lesser | Not in HANZAB book. Paragallinula angulata – vagrant (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Morepork (Strigidae) | |||
| (Morepork with no name qualifier) | Name in NZCL 2022 – see Tasman Morepork. | English name for Tasman Morepork | |
| Tasman | Included under Southern Boobook in HANZAB book. Now a separate species Ninox novaeseelandiae. |
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| Munia (Estrildidae) | |||
| Pale-headed | |||
| Scaly-breasted | English name for Nutmeg Mannikin |
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| Myna (Sturnidae) | |||
| Common | |||
| Hill | |||
| Pale-bellied | |||
| Myzomela (Meliphagidae ) | AviList English name | ||
| Dusky | English name for Dusky Honeyeater | ||
| Red-headed | English name for Red-headed Honeyeater | ||
| Scarlet | English name for Scarlet Honeyeater |
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| Native-hen/Nativehen (Rallidae) | Nativehen | ||
| Black-tailed | Genus change – Tribonyx ventralis (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) | ||
| Tasmanian | Genus Change – Tribonyx mortierii (WLAB 4.1) |
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| Needletail (Apodidae) | Order change: APODIFORMES in HANZAB book, CAPRIMULGIFORMES in WLAB 4.1 | Order change: Apodidae moved from CAPRIMULGIFORMES to APODIFORMES | |
| Silver-backed | Not in HANZAB book. Hirundapus cochinchinensis – vagrant (WLAB 4.1) | Monotypic | |
| White-throated |
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| Night-Heron (Ardeidae) (See Heron) | Order change -family now in PELECANIFORMES | ||
| Nightingale (Muscicapidae) | |||
| Common | |||
| Nightjar (Caprimulgidae)[See also Owlet-nightjar, Nightjar (Aegothelidae)] | |||
| Grey | Not in HANZAB book. Caprimulgus jotaka – vagrant (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Large-tailed | |||
| Savanna | Subspecies changes including two split off into extralimital Chirruping Nightjar Caprimulgus griseatus | ||
| Spotted | Family change: Moved from Family Eurostopodidae | ||
| White-throated | Split: subspecies nigripennis elevated to Solomons Nightjar Eurostopodus nigripennis | Family change: Moved from Family Eurostopodidae | |
| Nightjar (Eurostopodidae) (See also Owlet-nightjar, Nightjar (Aegothelidae)) | Family change – Caprimulgidae in HANZAB book | Family change: species in Eurostopodidae (Spotted, White-throated) moved to Caprimulgidae |
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| Noddy (Laridae) | |||
| Black | |||
| Brown | Name in WLAB 4.1 and NZCL 2022 for Common Noody in HANZAB book. | ||
| Common | See Brown Noddy. | ||
| Grey | See note for Grey Ternlet. | Specific name change gender from albivittus to albivitta. Subspecies albivittus change gender to albivitta | |
| Lesser |
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| Oriole (Oriolidae) | |||
| Green | See note for Yellow Oriole. | ||
| Olive-backed | |||
| Yellow | Now known as Green Oriole (WLAB 4.1) |
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| Osprey (Pandionidae) | Order and Family change – now in Accipitriformes, family in HANZAB book Accipitridae. | ||
| (Osprey with no name qualifier) | |||
| Ostrich (Struthionidae) | |||
| (Ostrich with no name qualifier) | Australian subspecies changed. | English name Common Ostrich | |
| Common | AviList English name for Ostrich. |
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| Owl (Strigidae) (See also Owls [Tytonidae], Boobook, Fish-owl, Scops-Owl,) | |||
| Barking | Subspecies remigialis of Southern Boobook Ninox boobook is treated as subspecies remigialis of Barking Owl Ninox connivens | ||
| Laughing | Genus change: now Ninox albifacies (NZCL 2022) | ||
| Little | |||
| Powerful | |||
| Rufous | |||
| Tawny | |||
| Owl (Tytonidae)(See also Owl [Strigidae]) | |||
| Australian Masked | AviList English name for Masked Owl | ||
| Barn | Barn Owl Tyto alba split: – American Barn Owl Tyto furcata – Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica (Hanzab region) – Western Barn Owl Tyto alba | ||
| Eastern Barn | Species from the split of Barn Owl. | ||
| Eastern Grass | |||
| Grass | Split: subspecies longimembris and papuensis now Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris | ||
| Greater Sooty | English name Sooty Owl after Lesser Sooty Owl Tyto multipunctata merged into Greater Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa as subspecies multipunctata | ||
| Lesser Sooty | Lesser Sooty Owl Tyto multipunctata merged into Greater Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa as subspecies multipunctata | ||
| Masked | Extralimital subspecies almae included. Some treat this as a separate species Seram Masked-Owl Tyto almae. | ||
| Sooty | Known as Greater Sooty Owl (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Owlet-nightjar (Aegothelidae) | Aeothelidae move from CAPRIMULGIFORMES to AEGOTHELIFORMES | ||
| Australian | Subspecies major not separated from subspecies cristatus. |
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| Oystercatcher (Haematopodidae) | |||
| Australian Pied | WLAB 4.1 name for Pied Oystercatcher | English name Pied Oystercatcher | |
| Chatham Island/Chatham Islands | English name Chatham Islands Oystercatcher | ||
| Pied | Now Australian Pied Oystercatcher | AviList English name for Australian Pied Oystercatcher | |
| Sooty | |||
| South Island Pied/South Island | English name South Island Oystercatcher | ||
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| Painted-Snipe/ Painted-snipe (Rostratulidae) | |||
| Australian | Rostratula benghalensis split: subspecies australis elevated to Australian Painted-snipe Rostratula australis. | ||
| Paradise-kingfisher (Alcedinidae) | Family change: Halcyonidae in HANZAB book | ||
| Buff-breasted | |||
| Common | Not in WLAB 4.1. | ||
| Little | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Tanysiptera hydrocharis (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Parakeet (Psittaculidae) | Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Antipodes Island | |||
| Austral | Not in HANZAB book. | ||
| Chatham Islands | |||
| Forbes’ | See note for Yellow-crowned. | English name Chatham Islands Parakeet | |
| Malherbe’s | See Orange-fronted. | Reischek’s Parakeet demoted to subspecies hochstetteri of Malherbe’s Parakeet. Polytypic | |
| Norfolk/Norfolk Island | See notes for Red-crowned. | Red-crowned Parakeet subspecies subflavescens, Salvadori, 1891, Lord Howe I., (extinct) moved to Norfolk Parakeet making it polytypic. | |
| Orange-fronted | See note for Yellow-crowned. | English name Malherbe’s Parakeet. Reischek’s Parakeet demoted to subspecies hochstetteri of Malherbe’s Parakeet Polytypic | |
| Red-crowned | Split: – Ssp. cookii elevated Norfolk Island Parakeet Cyanoramphus cookii. (NZCL 2022) but retained as subspecies of Red-crowned in WLAB 4.1. – Ssp hochstetteri elevated to Reischek’s Parakeet Cyanoramphus hochstetteri. (NZCL 2022) but retained as subspecies of Red-crowned in BLI 2022. | Subspecies subflavescens moved to Norfolk Island Parakeet | |
| Red-fronted | Name used in WLAB 4.1 – see Red-crowned | ||
| Reischek’s | See notes for Red-crowned. | Demoted to subspecies hochstetteri of Malherbe’s Parakeet Cyanoramphus malherbi. | |
| Yellow-crowned | Split : – ssp. malherbi elevated to Orange-fronted Parakeet Cyanoramphus malherbi (NZCL 2022, BLI 2022); – ssp. forbesi elevated to Forbes’ Parakeet Cyanoramphus forbesi (NZCL 2022, BLI 2022) Known as Chatham Islands Parakeet in BLI 2022; – ssp. auriceps elevated to Yellow-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps (monotypic) | ||
| Pardalote (Pardalotidae) | |||
| Forty-spotted | |||
| Red-browed | |||
| Spotted | |||
| Striated | |||
| Parrot (Psittaculidae)(See also Fig-Parrot, King-Parrot) | Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Blue-winged | |||
| Bourke’s | |||
| Eclectus | Split: subspecies macgillivrayi and polychloros now Eclectus Parrot Eclectus polychloros (WLAB 4.1) | English name Papuan Eclectus. Extralimital subspecies aruensis and biaki not recognised as separate from polychloros | |
| Elegant | Now monotypic | Polytypic | |
| Golden-shouldered | Genus change – Psephotellus chrysopterygius (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Ground | |||
| Hooded | Genus change – Psephotellus dissimilis (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Mulga | Genus change – Psephotellus varius (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Night | |||
| Orange-bellied | |||
| Paradise | Genus change – Psephotellus pulcherrimus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Princess | |||
| Red-capped | |||
| Red-cheeked | |||
| Red-rumped | |||
| Red-winged | Subspecies papua not separated from subspecies coccineopterus | ||
| Regent | |||
| Rock | Monotypic. Polytypic in HANZAB book | Polytypic, restoring subspecies in HANZAB book | |
| Scarlet-chested | |||
| Superb | |||
| Swift | |||
| Turquoise | |||
| Parrot-Finch / Parrotfinch (Estrildidae) | English name Parrotfinch | ||
| Blue-faced | |||
| Partridge (Phasianidae) | |||
| Barbary | |||
| Chukar | English name change from Chukar to Chukar Partridge | ||
| Grey | |||
| Red-legged |
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| Peafowl (Phasianidae) | |||
| Indian | Known as just Peafowl in NZCL 2022. | ||
| Pelican (Pelecanidae) | |||
| Australian | |||
| Penguin (Spheniscidae) | |||
| Australian Little | NZTCS 2021 elevates subspecies Little Penguin Eudyptula minor novaehollandiae to Australian Little Penguin Eudyptula novaehollandiae. Not elevated in NZCL 2022 nor WLAB 4.1. | ||
| Adelie | |||
| Chinstrap | Specific name change: now Pygoscelis antarcticus (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) | ||
| Eastern Rockhopper | Eudyptes filholi (NZCL 2022) remains subspecies filholi of Southern Rockhopper Penguin in WLAB 4.1.. See note for Rockhopper Penguin. | Subspecies filholi of Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome elevated to Eastern Rockhopper. | |
| Emperor | |||
| Erect-crested | |||
| Fiordland/ Fiordland Cresteed | Known as Fiordland Crested Penguin in NZCL 2022. | ||
| Gentoo | Two subspecies added. | ||
| King | |||
| Little | Four subspecies not recognised | Four subspecies previously removed are reinstated. | |
| Macaroni | |||
| Magellanic | |||
| Northern Rockhopper | See note for Rockhopper Penguin. Eudyptes moseleyi (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Rockhopper | Split: – Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi; – Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome (WLAB 4.1) with two subspecies: chrysocome and filholi. However, Southern Rockhopper Penguin split into Western Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome and Eastern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes filholi in NZCL 2022. | ||
| Royal | Species in WLAB 4.1. Subspecies of Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus schlegeli in NZCL 2022. | ||
| Snares/Snares Crested | |||
| Southern Rockhopper | Eudyptes chrysocome. (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) Western Rockhopper Penguin in NZCL 2022) See note for Rockhopper Penguin. | Subspecies filholi Eudyptes chrysocome elevated to species Eastern Rockhopper Penguin. Remaining subspecies known as Western Rockhopper Penguin in AviList | |
| Western Rockhopper | Name in NZCL 2022 for Eudyptes chrysocome. See note for Southern Rockhopper Penguin | See note for Southern Rockhopper Penguin. | |
| Yellow-eyed | |||
| Petrel (Procellariidae) (See also Storm-Petrel, Giant-Petrel) | |||
| Antarctic | |||
| Atlantic | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Pterodroma incerta (WLAB 4.1 | ||
| Barau’s | |||
| Black | |||
| Black-winged | |||
| Blue | |||
| Bulwer’s | |||
| Cape | |||
| Chatham/Chatham Islands | English name change from Chatham Petrel to Chatham Islands Petrel | ||
| Collared | Not in HANZAB book. See note for Gould’s Petrel. | Polytypic | |
| Cook’s | |||
| Gould’s | Subspecies brevipes elevated to Collared Petrel Pterodroma brevipes. | Monotypic | |
| Great-winged | Ssp gouldi elevated to Grey-faced Petrel Pterodroma gouldi. | ||
| Grey | |||
| Grey-faced | See note for Great-winged Petrel. | ||
| Herald | Ssp. arminjoniana elevated Trindade Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana. Herald Petrel species change Pterodroma heraldica. | ||
| Jouanin’s | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant (WLAB 4.1). Bulweria fallax | ||
| Juan Fernandez | |||
| Kerguelen | Genus change – now Aphrodroma brevirostris (WLAB 4.1, BLI 2022), Lugensa brevirostris (NZCL 2022) | ||
| Kermadec | |||
| Magenta | Known as Chatham Island Taiko in NZCL 2022 | ||
| Mottled | |||
| Phoenix | |||
| Pintado | AviList name for Cape Petrel | ||
| Providence | |||
| Pycroft’s | |||
| Snow | |||
| Soft-plumaged | |||
| Spectacled | Added – in AviBase list for Antarctic Islands, recorded at sea within HANZAB region in eBird | ||
| Stejneger’s | |||
| Tahiti | Genus change – now Pseudobulweria rostrata. Subspecies becki now Beck’s Petrel Pseudobulweria becki (not recorded in HANZAB region) | ||
| Trindade | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Ssp. arminjoniana of Herald Petrel elevated to Trindade Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana. | ||
| Westland | |||
| White-chinned | Split: – White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis; – Spectacled Petrel Procellaria conspicillata (not in HANZAB region). | ||
| White-headed | |||
| White-naped | See note for White-necked Petrel. | ||
| White-necked | White-naped Petrel in NZCL 2022. |
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| Phalarope (Scolopacidae) | |||
| Grey | Red Phalarope (WLAB 4.1). Grey Phalarope (NZCL 2022) | ||
| Red | |||
| Red-necked | |||
| Wilson’s | Phalaropus tricolor in NZCL 2022 but still Steganopus tricolor in WLAB 4.1, BLI 2022. | Genus change from Steganopus to Phalaropus. | |
| Pheasant (Phasianidae) | |||
| Common | Common Pheasant split: – Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus with 30 subspecies – Green Pheasant Phasianus versicolor with four subspecies | ||
| Reeve’s | |||
| Silver | |||
| Wilson’s |
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| Pigeon (Columbidae) (See also Imperial-Pigeon, Rock-Pigeon) | |||
| Chatham Islands/Chatham Island | Hemiphaga chathamensis. See note for New Zealand Pigeon. | English name changed from Chatham Island Pigeon. | |
| Crested | |||
| Feral | Rock Pigeon in NZCL 2022. | ||
| Metallic | White-throated Pigeon in HANZAB book – extinct in Australia but not elsewhere. | ||
| New Zealand | Split – ssp chathamensis elevated to Chatham Island Pigeon Hemiphaga chathamensis. (NZCL 2022) | ||
| Nicobar | Not in HANZAB book. WLAB 4.1 – vagrant. Caloenas nicobarica | ||
| Partridge | |||
| Rock | See Feral Pigeon. | ||
| Spinifex | |||
| Squatter | |||
| Topknot | |||
| White-headed | Metallic Pigeon (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| White-throated | |||
| Wonga | |||
| Pilotbird (Acanthizidae) | Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book | ||
| (Pilotbird with no name qualifier) | |||
| Pintail (Anatidae) | |||
| Brown | Yellow-billed Pintail in BLI 2022 | ||
| Eaton’s | Known as Southern Pintail in BLI 2022. | ||
| Northern | |||
| Southern | Eaton’s Pintail in HANZAB book. | English name Eaton’s Pintail | |
| Yellow-billed | Brown Pintail in HANZAB book. | ||
| Piopio (Oriolidae) | Family change: species in Turnagridae moved to Oriolidae | ||
| North Island | See note for Piopio. | ||
| Piopio | Split in NZCL 2022, both extinct: – North Island Piopio Turnagra tanagra – South Island Piopio Turnagra capensis | ||
| South Island | See note for Piopio. | South Island Piopio subspecies capensis and minor (should have been changed for HANZAB 2023) | |
| Pipit (Motacillidae) | |||
| Australian | Species added from split of Australasian Pipit | ||
| Australasian | Retained in WLAB 4.1 but split in NZCL 2022: – Australian pipit Anthus australis – New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae. | Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae split:New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae, polytypic Australian pipit Anthus australis, polytypic | |
| New Zealand | See note for Australasian Pipit | Species added from split of Australasian pipit | |
| Pechora | Subspecies stejnegeri not recognised as separate from subspecies gustavi. | ||
| Red-throated | |||
| Richard’s (See Australasian) | |||
| South Georgia | |||
| Tawny | |||
| Tree | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Anthus trivialis (WLAB 4.1) | Subspecies schlueteri not recognised | |
| Pittas (Pittidae) | |||
| Banda Sea | Species added from split of Elegant Pitta | ||
| Blue-winged | |||
| Elegant | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Pitta elegans. (WLAB 4.1) | Split into three species. Subspecies occurring in Australia (vigorsii) elevated to Banda Sea Pitta Pitta vigorsii | |
| Fairy | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Pitta nympha. (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Hooded | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Pitta sordida. (WLAB 4.1) | Split into five species with English name of species found in HANZAB region Western Hooded Pitta | |
| Noisy | Subspecies intermedia added | ||
| Papuan | See note for Red-bellied Pitta. Papuan Pitta Erythropitta macklotii. (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Rainbow | |||
| Red-bellied | Split into many species. In HANZAB region: Papuan Pitta Erythropitta macklotii. | ||
| Western Hooded | See note for Hooded Pitta |
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| Plains-wanderer (Pedionomidae) | |||
| (Plains-wanderer with no name qualifier) | |||
| Plover (Charadriidae) | |||
| American Golden | Scientific name Pluvialis dominicus in NZCL 2022. (Error? as dominica in other sources) | ||
| Black-fronted | |||
| Caspian | Genus change from Charadrius to Anarhynchus. | ||
| Common Ringed | WLAB 4.1 name for Ringed Plover | Common Ringed Plover removed from NZ list (NZCL 2024) | |
| Double-banded | Banded Dotterel (NZCL 2022) | Genus change from Charadrius to Anarhynchus. | |
| Eurasian Golden | Monotypic – subspecies altifrons and apricaria removed English name European Golden Plover | ||
| European Golden | English name for Eurasian Goldenn Plover | ||
| Greater Sand | WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022.(See Large Sand) | Genus change from Charadrius to Anarhynchus | |
| Grey | Now polytypic. | ||
| Hooded | Now Thinornis cucullatus and polytypic (Eastern Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus cucullatus, Western Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus tregellasi)(WLAB 4.1) | Changed back to monotypic. | |
| Kentish | Genus change from Charadrius to Anarhynchus. Number of subspecies reduced from at least six to three | ||
| Large Sand | Now known as Greater Sand Plover. (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Lesser Sand | WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022. Known as Mongolian Plover in HANZAB book. | Lesser Sand Plover split in AviList 2025: – Tibetan Sand Plover; – Siberian Sand Plover. Lesser Sand Plover retained for Siberian Sand Plover. | |
| Little Ringed | Genus changed from Charadrius to Thinornis | ||
| Mongolian | Now known as Lesser Sand Plover | ||
| New Zealand | Genus change from Charadrius to Anarhynchus. English name for New Zealand Dotterel. Polytypic. | ||
| Oriental | Known as Oriental Dotterel in NZCL 2022. | Genus change from Charadrius to Anarhynchus | |
| Pacific Golden | |||
| Red-capped | |||
| Ringed | Name change: Common Ringed Plover in WLAB 4.1. | ||
| Semipalmated | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Charadrius semipalmatus (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022). | ||
| Shore | |||
| Siberian Sand | Lesser Sand Plover split: – Tibetan Sand Plover; – Siberian Sand Plover. Lesser Sand Plover retained for Siberian Sand Plover. | ||
| Three-banded | Genus change from Charadrius to Thinornis | ||
| Tibetan Sand | Lesser Sand Plover split: – Tibetan Sand Plover; – Siberian Sand Plover |
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| Pratincole (Glareolidae) | |||
| Australian | Genus change from Stiltia to Glareola. | ||
| Black-winged | Species added from Avibase list for Kerguelen islands | ||
| Collared | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Glareola pratincola (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Oriental | |||
| Prion (Procellariidae) | |||
| Antarctic | |||
| Broad-billed | The prion on Iles St Paul and Amsterdam [formerly P. vittata macgillivrayi (Mathews, 1912) or Pachyptila salvini macgillivrayi] elevated to a species MacGillivray’s Prion Pachyptila macgillivrayi. | ||
| Fairy | Monotypic – Polytypic in HANZAB book | Polytypic, with subspecies the same as in HANZAB book. | |
| Fulmar | Subspecies revised. | ||
| Lesser Broad-billed | (See Salvin’s) | ||
| MacGillivray’s | See note for Salvin’s Prion. | ||
| Salvin’s | Split: – subspecies macgillivrayi elevated to MacGillivray’s Prion Pachyptila macgillivrayi. | ||
| Slender-billed | Known as Thin-billed Prion in NZCL 2022. | ||
| Thin-billed | See Slender-billed Prion. |
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| Pygmy-Goose/ Pygmy-goose (Anatidae) | |||
| Cotton | See Taxonomic changes for AviList 2025 in Anatidae. English name Cotton Pygmy Goose | ||
| Green | See Taxonomic changes for AviList 2025 in Anatidae. English name Green Pygmy Goose |
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| Quail (Odontophoridae) | |||
| California | Now Callipepla californica (WLAB 4.1) Was in Family Phasianidae in WLAB 4.1. | Five subspecies (seven in HANZAB 2023) | |
| Quail (Phasianidae) [See also Button-quail, Quail (Odontophoridae) | |||
| Brown | Specific name changed to Synoicus ypsilophorus | ||
| Common | |||
| King | Genus changed to Synoicus. Number of extralimital subspecies increased by one. | ||
| Mountain | |||
| New Zealand | |||
| Stubble | |||
| Quail-thrush (Cinclosomatidae) | |||
| Chestnut | Specific name change: now Cinclosoma castanotum (WLAB 4.1). Subspecies castanotus in HANZAB book now castanotum. | Chestnut Quail-thrush Cinclosoma castanotum split: – Copperback Quail-thrush (polytypic) – Chestnut Quail-thrush (montypic) | |
| Chestnut-breasted | Split: – subspecies marginatum elevated to Western Quail-thrush Cinclosoma marginatum (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Cinnamon | Split: – subspecies alisteri elevated to Nullarbor Quail-thrush Cinclosoma alisteri (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Copperback | Species added from split of Chestnut Quail-thrush | ||
| Nullarbor | Cinclosoma alisteri (WLAB 4.1). See note for Cinnamon Quail-thrush. | ||
| Spotted | |||
| Western | Cinclosoma marginatum (WLAB 4.1). See note for Chestnut-breasted |
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| Rail (Rallidae) | |||
| Auckland/Auckland Island | See note for Lewin’s | English name Auckland Rail | |
| Banded | English name for Buff-banded Rail | ||
| Buff-banded | Genus changed. Now Hypotaenidia philippensis (WLAB 4.1). Genus Gallirallus retained in NZCL 2022. | Genus reverts from Hypotaenidia to Gallirallus. A total of 19 subspecies. English name Banded Rail. | |
| Chatham/Chatham Island | Genus change – Cabalus modestus in NZCL 2022, BLI 2022. | Genus changed: reverted back to Gallirallus from Cabalus. Still Cabalus in NZCL 2024. English name Chatham Rail | |
| Chestnut | Genus change from Eulabeornis to Gallirallus | ||
| Dieffenbach’s | Genus not changed in NZCL 2022 but changed to Hypotaenidia dieffenbachii in BLI 2022. | Genus changed from Hypotaenidia back to Gallirallus | |
| Lewin’s | Genus changed. Now Lewinia pectoralis (WLAB 4.1) Subspecies muelleri elevated to species Auckland Island Rail Lewinia muelleri. (NZCL 2022, BLI 2022) | Extralimital subspecies reduced from five to three | |
| Plumbeous | Not in HANZAB book. | ||
| Slaty-breasted | Not in HANZAB book. Lewinia striata – vagrant (WLAB4.1) | Number of subspecies reduced from eight to six | |
| Raven (Corvidae) | |||
| Australian | |||
| Forest | |||
| Little |
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| Redpoll (Fringillidae) | |||
| (Redpoll with no name qualifier) | AviList English name for Common Redpoll | ||
| Common | Genus change – Acanthis flammea (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) | English name Redpoll | |
| Redshank (Scolopacidae) | |||
| Common | Subspecies eurinus changed to eurina | ||
| Spotted | |||
| Redthroat (Acanthizidae) | Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Redthroat | |||
| Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalidae) | Family change – Sylviidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Australian | Extralimital subspecies sumbae recognised | ||
| Clamorous (see Australian) | |||
| Oriental | |||
| Reeve (Scolopacidae) | |||
| (Reeve with no name qualifier) (see Ruff) |
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| Riflebird (Paradisaeidae) | |||
| Magnificent | Genus change – now Lophorina magnifica (WLAB 4.1) | Scientifc name change from Lophorina magnifica to Ptiloris magnificus (as it was in HANZAB book). Subspecies magnifica changed back to magnificus. | |
| Paradise | Genus change – now Lophorina paradisea (WLAB 4.1) | Scientifc name change from Lophorina paradisea to Ptiloris paradiseus (as it was in HANZAB book) | |
| Victoria’s | Genus change – now Lophorina victoriae (WLAB 4.1) | Scientifc name change from Lophorina victoriae to Ptiloris victoriae (as it was in HANZAB book) | |
| Rifleman (Acanthisittidae) | |||
| Rifleman | |||
| Ringed plover (see Plover) | |||
| Ringneck (Psittaculidae) | Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Australian |
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| Robin (Muscicapidae) (see also Robin (Petroicidae)) | |||
| European | |||
| Siberian Blue | Not in HANZAB book. Larvivora cyane. (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Robin (Petroicidae) [see also Robin (Muscicapidae) and Scrub-robin and Tomtit] | |||
| Black | |||
| Buff-sided | See note for White-browed Robin | ||
| Dusky | |||
| Eastern Yellow | |||
| Flame | |||
| Grey-headed | Split: – subspecies cinereifrons elevated to Grey-headed Robin Heteromyias cinereifrons. (WLAB 4.1) – other subspecies (all extralimital) now Ashy Robin Heteromyias albispecularis. | ||
| Hooded | |||
| Mangrove | Genus change – Peneoenanthe pulverulenta (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| New Zealand | Split: – subspecies longipes elevated to North Island Robin Petroica longipes. – remaining subspecies South Island Robin Petroica australis. (NZCL 2022) | ||
| Norfolk/Norfolk Island | Petroica multicolor (WLAB 4.1) See note for Scarlet Robin. | English name Norfolk Robin | |
| North Island | See note for New Zealand Robin. | ||
| Pale-yellow | Genus change from Tregellasia to Eopsaltria | ||
| Pink | |||
| Red-capped | |||
| Rose | |||
| Scarlet | Subspecies multicolor elevated to Norfolk Island Robin Petroica multicolor (WLAB 4.1). Scarlet Robin now Petroica boodang. | ||
| South Island | See note for New Zealand Robin | ||
| Western Yellow | |||
| White-breasted | Genus change – Quoyornis georgianus (WLAB 4.1) | Scientific name change from Quoyornis georgianus to Eopsaltria georgiana | |
| White-browed | Split: – subspecies cerviniventris elevated to Buff-sided Robin Poecilodryas cerviniventris (WLAB 4.1) – subspecies superciliosa now White-browed Robin Poecilodryas superciliosa (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| White-faced | Genus change from Tregellasia to Eopsaltria | ||
| Rock-Pigeon (Columbidae) | |||
| Chestnut-quilled | English name Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon | ||
| White-quilled | English name White-quilled Rock Pigeon | ||
| Rock-thrush (Muscicapidae) | |||
| Blue | |||
| Rockwarbler (Acanthizidae) | Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Rockwarbler | |||
| Roller (Coraciidae) | |||
| Broad-billed | |||
| European | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Coracias garrulus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Rook (Corvidae) | |||
| Rook | |||
| Rosella (Psittaculidae) | Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Crimson | Subspecies adelaide reinstated. | ||
| Eastern | |||
| Green | |||
| Northern | |||
| Pale-headed | |||
| Western |
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| Rubythroat (Muscicapidae) | |||
| Siberian | Species added from accepted BARC submission 1283 | ||
| Ruff (Scolopacidae) | |||
| Ruff (No name qualifier) | Genus change – now Calidris pugnax. (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) |
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| Saddleback (Callaeidae) | |||
| (Saddleback with no name qualifier) | Split: – South Island Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus; – North Island Saddleback Philesturnus rufusater. (NZCL 2022) | ||
| North Island | See note for Saddleback | ||
| South Island | See note for Saddleback | ||
| Sanderling (Scolopacidae) | |||
| Sanderling | Now polytypic: alba (WLAB 4.1); rubida. | ||
| Sandpiper (Scolopacidae) | |||
| Baird’s | |||
| Broad-billed | Genus change – now Calidris falcinellus (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) | ||
| Buff-breasted | Genus change – now Calidris subruficollis | ||
| Common | |||
| Cooper’s | |||
| Cox’s | |||
| Curlew | |||
| Green | |||
| Hybrid Calidris | |||
| Least | |||
| Marsh | |||
| Pectoral | |||
| Semipalmated | |||
| Sharp-tailed | |||
| Solitary | |||
| Stilt | Genus change – now Calidris himantopus. (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) | ||
| Terek | |||
| Upland | |||
| Western | |||
| White-rumped | |||
| Wood |
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| Scaup (Anatidae) | |||
| New Zealand | |||
| Scops-Owl (Strigidae) | |||
| Oriental | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Otus sunia (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Scrub-bird /Scrubbird (Atrichornithidae) | English name Scrubbird | ||
| Noisy | |||
| Rufous | |||
| Scrubfowl (Megapodiidae) | |||
| Orange-footed | Subspecies changes. | ||
| Scrub-robin (Petroicidae) | |||
| Northern | |||
| Southern | |||
| Scrubtit (Acanthizidae) | Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| (Scrubtit with no name qualifier) | Now Acanthornis magna (WLAB 4.1). | ||
| Scrubwren (Acanthizidae) | Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Atherton | |||
| Large-billed | Specific name change: now Sericornis magnirostra (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Spotted | Species added from split of White-browed Scrubwren | ||
| Tasmanian | |||
| Tropical | Extra subspecies, from north-western New Guinea | ||
| White-browed | Split: – Spotted Scrubwren Sericornis maculatus, subspecies maculatus, ashbyi, mellori, balstoni – White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis, subspecies frontalis, laevigaster, tweedi, harterti, rosinae, flindersi | ||
| Yellow-throated |
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| Sea-Eagle (Accipitridae) | Order change – now in Accipitriformes | ||
| White-bellied | Genus change, from Haliaeetus to Icthyophaga |
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| Shag (Phalacrocoracidae) (See also Cormorants) | Order change: Phalacrocoracidae moved from PELECANIFORMES to SULIFORMES | ||
| Antarctic | Now subspecies bransfieldensis of Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps (BLI 2022) | ||
| Auckland/ Auckland Island | Genus change – now Leucocarbo colensoi | ||
| Black-faced | English name change from Black-faced Shag to Black-faced Cormorant (should have been done for HANZAB 2023) | ||
| Bounty/Bounty Island | Name and genus change – now Bounty Island Shag Leucocarbo ranfurlyi (NZCL 2022). Known as Bounty Islands Shag in BLI 2022. | English name change from Bounty Island Shag to Bounty Shag | |
| Campbell/Campbell Island | Name and genus change – now Campbell Island Shag Leucocarbo campbelli. | English name change from Campbell Island Shag to Campbell Shag | |
| Chatham/Chatham Island | Name and genus change – now Chatham Island Shag Leucocarbo onslowi | English name change from Chatham Island Shag to Chatham Shag | |
| Crozet | Subspecies melanogenis of Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps (BLI 2022) | ||
| Heard | Now subspecies nivalis of Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Imperial | Heard Shag and Macquarie Shag now subspecies of Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps (WLAB 4.1). Macquarie Shag maintained as a separate species in NZCL 2022: Macquarie Island Shag Leucocarbo purpurascens. Antarctic Shag, South Georgian Shag, Crozet Shag now subspecies of Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps (Birdlife International) | Kerguelen Island Shag Leucocarbo verrucosus demoted to subspecies verrucosus of Imperial Shag. | |
| Kerguelen/Kerguelen Island | Genus and name change – Kerguelen Islands Shag Leucocarbo verrucosus (BLI 2022) | Kerguelen Island Shag Leucocarbo verrucosus demoted to subspecies verrucosus of Imperial Shag. | |
| King | Genus change – Leucocarbo carunculatus (NZCL 2022). Now known as New Zealand King Shag (NZCL 2022), Rough-faced Shag (BLI 2022) – BLI followed. | English name New Zealand King Shag | |
| Little Black | Name in NZCL 2022. See Little Black Cormorant. | ||
| Macquarie | Now subspecies purpurascens of Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps (WLAB 4.1). Macquarie maintained as a separate species in NZCL 2022: Macquarie Island Shag Leucocarbo purpurascens. | ||
| Macquarie Island | Name in NZCL 2022 for Macquarie Shag in HANZAB book. | ||
| New Zealand King | NZCL 2022 name for King Shag in HANZAB book. BLI name Rough-faced Shag followed. | ||
| Otago | NZCL 2024 name for Stewart Island Shag | ||
| Pitt | Name change: now Pitt Island Shag | ||
| Pitt/Pitt Island | See note for Pitt Shag | English name Pitt Shag | |
| Rough-faced | BLI 2022 name for King Shag in HANZAB book. See note for King Shag. | English name New Zealand King Shag | |
| South Georgian | Subspecies of Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps (Birdlife International) | ||
| Spotted | Genus change – Phalacrocorax punctatus (NZCL 2022, BLI 2022) | ||
| Stewart/Stewart Island | Name and genus changed: Now Stewart Island Shag Leucocarbo chalconotus. | Polytypic | |
| Shearwater (Procellariidae) | |||
| Audubon’s | |||
| Buller’s | Genus change – now Ardenna bulleri. (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) | ||
| Christmas/Christmas Island | Known as Christmas Island Shearwater in NZCL 2022. | ||
| Christmas Island | See Christmas Shearwater. | ||
| Cory’s | Split: – subspecies diomedea now Scopoli’s shearwater Calonectris diomedea; – subspecies borealis now Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris borealis (only one in HANZAB region). – subspecies edwardsii now Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii. | ||
| Flesh-footed | Genus change – now Ardenna carneipes. Now also recorded in Antarctica (French Southern territories) (BLI) | ||
| Fluttering | |||
| Great | Genus change – now Ardenna gravis. | ||
| Heinroth’s | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Puffinus heinrothi (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Hutton’s | |||
| Little | Subspecies elegans elevated to Subantarctic Shearwater Puffinus elegans (WLAB 4.1), known as Subantarctic Little Shearwater in NZCL 2022. Now recorded in Antarctica (French Southern Territories) (BLI) | ||
| Manx | Split: – subspecies puffinus elevated to Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus; – subspecies newelli elevated to Newell’s Shearwater Puffinus newelli; – subspecies auricularis elevated to Townsend’s Shearwater Puffinus auricularis – other subspecies listed are now species but they do not occur within HANZAB region. | Polytypic | |
| Newell’s | Puffinus newelli. See notes for Manx Shearwater. Subspecies of Townsend’s Shearwater in NZCL 2022. | ||
| Pink-footed | Genus change – now Ardenna creatopus. | ||
| Short-tailed | Genus change – now Ardenna tenuirostris | ||
| Sooty | Genus change – now Ardenna grisea | ||
| Streaked | |||
| Subantarctic/ Subantarctic Little | See note for Little Shearwater | ||
| Townsend’s | Not in HANZAB book. Puffinus auricularis (NZCL 2022) | ||
| Tropical | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Puffinus bailloni (WLAB 4.1) | Number of subspecies increased from three to five | |
| Wedge-tailed | Genus change and now polytypic: Ardenna pacifica pacifica; Ardenna pacifica chlororhyncha. | Monotypic | |
| Sheathbill (Chionidae) | Family name spelling change: Chionididae to Chionidae | ||
| Black-faced | |||
| Pale-faced | Name and specific name change: now Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus | ||
| Snowy | See note for Pale-faced Sheathbill | ||
| Shelduck (Anatidae) | |||
| Australian | Known as Chestnut-breasted Shelduck in NZCL 2022. | ||
| Chestnut-breasted | See Australian Shelduck | ||
| Paradise | |||
| Radjah | Genus change – now Radjah radjah in WLAB 4.1. | ||
| Shoveler (Anatidae) | |||
| Australasian | Genus changed. Now Spatula rhynchotis (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) | Polytypic | |
| Northern | Genus changed. Now Spatula clypeata | ||
| Shrike (Laniidae) | |||
| Brown | |||
| Red-backed | |||
| Tiger | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Lanius tigrinus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Shrike-thrush / Shrikethrush (Pachycephalidae) | English name Shrikethrush | ||
| Bower’s | |||
| Grey | |||
| Little | Subspecies griseata, normani, rufogaster, parvula included with range within HANZAB region but synaptica, gouldii and aelptes not recognised Total of 16 subspecies | ||
| Sandstone | |||
| Shrike-tit / Shriketit(Falcunculidae) | Family change – Pachycephalidae in HANZAB book. | English name Shriketit | |
| Crested | Split into three species: – Northern Shrike-tit Falcunculus whitei – Western Shrike-tit Falcunculus leucogaster – Eastern Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus. | ||
| Eastern | Falcunculus frontatus (WLAB 4.1). See note for Crested Shrike-tit | ||
| Northern | Falcunculus whitei (WLAB 4.1). See note for Crested Shrike-tit | ||
| Western | Falcunculus leucogaster (WLAB 4.1). See note for Crested Shrike-tit. |
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| Sierra-finch (Thraupidae) | |||
| Mourning | Not in HANZAB book. | ||
| Silvereye (Zosteropidae) | |||
| Silvereye | |||
| Siskin (Fringillidae) | |||
| Siskin | |||
| Sittella (Neosittidae) | |||
| Varied |
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| Skua (Stercorariidae) | Family was split from Laridae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Arctic | See Arctic Jaeger. Arctic Skua in NZCL 2022. | ||
| Brown | Catharacta antarctica (WLAB 4.1). Known as Southern Skua in NZCL 2022. See note for Great Skua. | Genus change from Catharacta to Stercorarius specific name and subspecies changed gender from antarctica to antarcticus | |
| Chilean | Species added from inclusion on AviBase list for Antractic Islands and eBird records from Antarctic Peninsula | ||
| Great | Split: subspecies lonnbergi, antarctica and hamiltoni now subspecies of Brown Skua Catharacta antarctica (WLAB 4.1), which is known as Southern Skua Stercorarius antarcticus in NZCL 2022. Subspecies skua elevated to Great Skua Catharacta skua (BLI 2022). | ||
| Pomarine | See Pomarine Jaeger. Pomarine Skua in NZCL 2022. | ||
| South Polar | Genus change from Catharacta to Stercorarius | ||
| Southern | See Brown Skua | Genus change from Catharacta to Stercorarius specific name and subspecies changed gender from antarctica to antarcticus | |
| Subantarctic | See Brown Skua | Genus change from Catharacta to Stercorarius specific name and subspecies changed gender from antarctica to antarcticus | |
| Skylark (Alaudidae) | |||
| (Skylark with no name qualifier) | Now known as Eurasian Skylark (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) | ||
| Eurasian |
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| Snipe (Scolopacidae) (see also Painted-snipe | |||
| Auckland | See Subantarctic Snipe | ||
| Chatham Island/Chatham Islands | English name change: Chatham Island Snipe | ||
| Latham’s | |||
| Japanese | NZCL 2022 name for Latham’s Snipe. | ||
| New Zealand | Split: – subspecies iredalei elevated to South Island Snipe Coenocorypha iredalei ; – subspecies barrierensis elevated to North Island Snipe Coenocorypha barrierensis; – subspecies huegeli elevated to Snares Island Snipe Coenocorypha huegeli. (NZCL 2022). Remaining subspecies now renamed to Subantarctic Snipe Coenocorypha aucklandica (NZCL 2022) which is known as Auckland Snipe in BLI 2022. | ||
| North Island | See note for New Zealand Snipe | ||
| Pin-tailed/ Pintail | |||
| South Island | See note for New Zealand Snipe | ||
| Snares/Snares Island | See note for New Zealand Snipe | English name Snares Snipe | |
| Subantarctic | See note for New Zealand Snipe. | ||
| Swinhoe’s | |||
| Unidentified |
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| Songlark (Locustellidae) | Family change – Sylviidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Brown | |||
| Rufous |
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| Sparrow (Passeridae) | |||
| Eurasian Tree | |||
| House | |||
| Java | Genus change from Lonchura to Padda | ||
| Sparrowhawk (Accipitridae) | Order change – now in Accipitriformes | ||
| Chinese | English name for Chinese Goshawk. | ||
| Collared | Specific name change – now Accipiter cirrocephalus not Accipiter cirrhocephalus. Subspecies change. | Scientific name change from Accipiter cirrocephalus to Tachyspiza cirrocephala Subspecies cirrocephalus gender change to cirrocephala | |
| Japanese | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Accipiter gularis (WLAB 4.1) | Genus change, from Accipiter gularis to Tachyspiza gularis Subspecies sibiricus changed gender to sibirica | |
| Spinebill (Meliphagidae) | |||
Eastern | |||
| Western | |||
| Spinetail (Apodidae) | |||
| Papuan | English name for Papuan Spine-tailed Swift | ||
| Spinifexbird (Locustellidae) | Family change – Sylviidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| (Spinifexbird with no name qualifier) | Genus change – Poodytes carteri (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Spoonbill (Threskiornithidae) | Order change – now in Pelecaniformes | ||
| Royal | |||
| Yellow-billed |
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| Starling (Sturnidae) | |||
| Chestnut-cheeked | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Agropsar philippensis (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Common | |||
| Daurian | English name for Purple-backed Starling | ||
| Metallic | Subspecies circumscripta reinstated as a subspecies of Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica | ||
| Purple-backed | Genus change – Agropsar sturninus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Rose-backed | Name and Genus change – now Rosy Starling Pastor roseus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Rosy | See note for Rose-backed Starling. | ||
| Singing | |||
| Tasman | |||
| Stilt (Recurvirostridae) | |||
| Banded | |||
| Black | |||
| Black-winged | Subspecies leucocephalus of Himantopus himantopus in HANZAB book elevated to Himantopus leucocephalus and called Pied Stilt in WLAB 4.1. Still subspecies of Himantopus himantopus in NZCL 2022, BLI 2022. Called Pied Stilt in NZCL 2022 and Black-winged Stilt in BLI 2022. | ||
| Pied | See note for Black-winged Stilt. | ||
| Stint (Scolopacidae)) | |||
| Little | |||
| Long-toed | |||
| Red-necked | |||
| Temminck’s | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Calidris temminckii. | ||
| Stitchbird (Notiomystidae) | Family change – Meliphagidae in HANZAB book | ||
| (Stitchbird with no name qualifier) | Polytypic | ||
| Stone-curlew (Burhinidae) | WLAB 4.1name for Thick-knee. Still Thick-knee in BLI 2022. | ||
| Beach | |||
| Bush | |||
| Stork (Ciconiidae) | |||
| Black-necked | Genus change – Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| White | Subspecies boyciana elevated to Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana | ||
| Storm-Petrel/Storm Petrel (Hydrobatidae) | Family Hydrobatidae in HANZAB book split: – Hydrobatidae now known as Northern Storm-Petrels – Oceanitidae known as Southern Storm-Petrels | ||
| Band-rumped | Not in HANZAB book. Hydrobates castro – vagrant (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Leach’s | Genus changed and split: – subspecies socorroensis split and elevated to Townsend’s Storm-Petrel Hydrobates socorroensis and Ainley’s Storm-Petrel Hydrobates cheimomnestes (both extralimital); – other subspecies remain with Leach’s Storm-Petrel but beali considered synonymous with leucorhoa which is now leucorhous. | ||
| Matsudaira’s | Genus changed. Now Hydrobates matsudairae (WLAB 4.1). | ||
| Swinhoe’s | Not in HANZAB book. Hydrobates monorhis – non-breeding (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Tristram’s | Not in HANZAB book. Hydrobates tristrami – vagrant (WLAB4.1) | ||
| Storm-Petrel/Storm Petrel (Oceanitidae) | Family not in HANZAB book. Family Hydrobatidae in HANZAB book split: – Hydrobatidae now known as Northern Storm-Petrels – Oceanitidae known as Southern Storm-Petrels | ||
| Black-bellied | |||
| Grey-backed | Genus changed – Garrodia nereis (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) | ||
| Kermadac | See note for White-faced Storm-Petrel | ||
| New Caledonian | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant? Fregetta lineata (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| New Zealand | Fregetta maoriana. Subspecies maorianus split from Wilson’s Storm-Petrel. (NZTCS 2022, WLAB 4.1). | ||
| Polynesian | Not in HANZAB book. Nesofregetta fuliginosa – vagrant (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| White-bellied | Subspecies guttata not included in AviList but synonym titan is included – guttata removed | ||
| White-faced | Split: – subspecies albiclunis elevated to Kermadec Storm- Petrel Pelagodroma albiclunis (NZCL 2022) but not in BLI 2022 and other taxonomies. BLI 2022 followed. | ||
| Wilson’s | Split: subspecies maorianus now a separate species, New Zealand Storm-Petrel Fregetta maoriana (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Stubtail | |||
| Asian | Species added from accepted BARC submission 1281 |
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| Sunbird (Nectariniidae) | |||
| Olive-backed | Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis split into eight species: – Sahul Sunbird Cinnyris frenatus, polytypic (frenatus and three extralimital subspecies). – seven extralimital species HANZAB species changed to Cinnyris frenatus species. | ||
| Sahul | AviList name for Olive-backed Sunbird | ||
| Yellow-bellied | Name and Genus change – now Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis Subspecies frenata now frenatus (WLAB 4.1) |
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| Swallow (Hirundinidae) | |||
| Barn | |||
| Chilean | Specific name change from meyeni to leucopyga | ||
| Eastern Red-rumped | English name for Red-rumped Swallow | ||
| House | See note for Pacific Swallow. | ||
| Pacific | Split: House Swallow Hirundo javanica; Tahiti Swallow Hirundo tahitica. | English name Pacific Swallow | |
| Red-rumped | Genus change – Cecropis daurica (WLAB 4.1) | Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica split into five species including Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica. | |
| Welcome | |||
| White-backed | Specific name change – now Cheramoeca leucosterna (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Swamphen (Rallidae) | |||
| Purple | See note for South-west Pacific Swamphen. Subspecies changes – see account. | Extralimital subspecies change: reduced from about 13 to 10. | |
| South-west Pacific | Porphyrio melanotus (NZCL 2022) Remains subspecies melanotus of Purple Swamphen in WLAB 4.1. See Purple Swamphen. | Subspecies melanotus of Purple Swamphen. Still a separate species in NZCL 2024 | |
| White | English name for White Gallinule | ||
| Swan (Anatidae) | |||
| Black | |||
| Mute | |||
| Swift (Apodidae) (see also Needletail) | Order change: APODIFORMES in HANZAB book, CAPRIMULGIFORMES in WLAB 4.1. Still in Apodiformes in NZCL 2022. | Order change: Apodidae moved from CAPRIMULGIFORMES to APODIFORMES | |
| Common | |||
| Fork-tailed | |||
| House | Apus nipalensis (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Papuan Spine-tailed | Not in HANZAB book. Mearnsia novaeguineae – vagrant (WLAB4.1) | English name Papuan Spinetail | |
| Swiftlet (Apodidae) | Order change: APODIFORMES in HANZAB book, CAPRIMULGIFORMES in WLAB 4.1 | Order change: Apodidae moved from CAPRIMULGIFORMES to APODIFORMES | |
| Australian | |||
| Christmas | Species Christmas Swiftlet from split of Glossy Swiftlet | ||
| Christmas Island Glossy | Species Christmas Swiftlet from split of Glossy Swiftlet | ||
| Glossy | Split: four extralimital subspecies allied to subspecies linchi now Cave Swiftlet Collocalia linchi. | Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta split into eight species: – subspecies natalis now Christmas Swiftlet Collocalia natalis (monotypic) – subspecies nitens remains as a subspecies of Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta along with esculenta and 15 other subspecies – five extralimital species | |
| Uniform | Four additional subspecies. | Subspecies palawanensis and amelis split off into extralimital species Ameline Swiftlet Aerodramus amelis | |
| White-rumped | The two Australian subspecies now a separate species Australian Swiftlet Aerodramus terraereginae (WLAB 4.1) |
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| Taiko (Procellariidae) | |||
| Chatham Island | NZCL 2022 name for Magenta Petrel. | ||
| Takahe (Rallidae) | |||
| (Takahe with no name qualifier) | Split: – North Island Takahe Porphyrio mantelli; – South Island Takahe Porphyrio hochstetteri. (NZCL 2022, BLI 2022) | ||
| North Island | Porphyrio mantelli. See note for Takahe. | ||
| South Island | Porphyrio hochstetteri. See note for Takahe. | ||
| Tattler (Scolopacidae) | |||
| Grey-tailed | Genus change – now Tringa. | ||
| Wandering | Scientific name change – now Tringa incana. (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) |
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| Teal (Anatidae) | |||
| Andean | Chilean Teal in HANZAB book. | ||
| Auckland | Known as Auckland Island Teal (NZCL 2022) | ||
| Auckland Island | See Auckland Teal. | ||
| Blue-winged | Genus change: now Spatula discors | ||
| Brown | |||
| Campbell | Known as Campbell Island Teal in NZCL 2022. | ||
| Campbell Island | See Campbell Teal | ||
| Chestnut | Polytypic with castanea in e. Aust. and alexanderi in w. Aust. | ||
| Chilean | Andean Teal in BLI 2022. | ||
| Common | Not in HANZAB book. WLAB 4.1 – vagrant. Anas crecca | English name Green-winged Teal. Changed from monotypic to polytypic with Anas carolinensis now subspecies carolinensis. | |
| Green-winged | English name for Common Teal. | ||
| Grey | Polytypic | ||
| Tern (Laridae) | |||
| Aleutian | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Onychoprion aleuticus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Antarctic | Extra extralimital subspecies sanctipauli | ||
| Arctic | |||
| Australian/ Australian Gull-billed | See note for Gull-billed Tern | English name Australian Tern. | |
| Black | |||
| Black-fronted | Genus change (specific name changed as a result) – now Chlidonias albostriatus (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) | ||
| Black-naped | |||
| Blue-billed White | AviList name for Indo-Pacific White Tern. | ||
| Bridled | Scientific name change – now Onychoprion anaethetus (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) | Subspecies gender change: melanoptera to melanopterus | |
| Caspian | Genus change – now Hydroprogne caspia (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) | ||
| Common | Extra subspecies minussensis | ||
| Common Gull-billed | See note for Gull-billed Tern | English name Gull-billed Tern. Six subspecies reduced to five | |
| Crested | Name and Genus change – Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii (WLAB 4.1). Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii in NZCL 2022. | ||
| Fairy | Genus change – now Sternula nereis (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) | ||
| Greater Crested | WLAB 4.1 name for Crested Tern. See note for Crested Tern. | Gender change of subspecies –thalassina changed to thalassinus – cristata changed to cristatus | |
| Grey-backed | Not in HANZAB book. Onychoprion lunatus (NZCL 2022) | English name Spectacled Tern | |
| Gull-billed | Genus change – now Gelochelidon nilotica (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022). Split: Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica; Australian Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa. (WLAB 4.1) Australian Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica macrotarsa in NZCL 2022. | English name for Common Gull-billed Tern | |
| Indo-Pacific White | English name Blue-billed White Tern. | ||
| Kerguelen | |||
| Lesser Crested | Genus change – now Thalasseus bengalensis. | Extra subspecies emigratus | |
| Little | Genus changed – now Sternula albifrons (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) | ||
| Roseate | Extra extralimital subspecies arideensis | ||
| Saunders’s | Genus change – now Sternula saundersi (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Sooty | Genus changed – Onychoprion fuscatus (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) | Three subspecies change gender. | |
| Spectacled | AviList English name for Grey-backed Tern of NZCL 2022 | ||
| Whiskered | Chlidonias hybridus (NZCL 2022) | Subspecies gender change: hybridus changed to hybrida | |
| White | White Tern (Gygis alba) split: – Blue-billed White Tern Gygis candida (Indo-Pacific White Tern in Australia) – White tern Gygis alba, extralimital – Little White Tern Gygis microrhyncha, extralimital. | ||
| White-fronted | |||
| White-winged/White-winged Black | Genus change – Chlidonias leucopterus (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) | English name White-winged Tern. | |
| Ternlet (Laridae) | |||
| Grey | Split: – subspecies albivittus, skottsbergii, imitatrix now subspecies in Grey Noddy Anous albivittus; – other subspecies in HANZAB book now Blue Noddy Anous ceruleus (not in HANZAB region). |
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| Thick-knee (Burhinidae) | Now Stone-curlew (WLAB 4.1). Still Thick-knee in BLI 2022. | ||
| Beach | |||
| Bush | |||
| Thornbill (Acanthizidae) | Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Brown | Subspecies samueli added (should have been included in HANZAB 2023) | ||
| Buff-rumped | |||
| Chestnut-rumped | |||
| Inland | |||
| Mountain | |||
| Slaty-backed | |||
| Slender-billed | |||
| Striated | |||
| Tasmanian | |||
| Western | |||
| Yellow | |||
| Yellow-rumped | |||
| Thrush (Turdidae)(see also Rock-Thrush) | Family change – subfamily Turdinae in Muscicapidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Bassian | |||
| Christmas Island | Species added after Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus complex split into 18 species | ||
| Eyebrowed | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Turdus obscurus. (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Hermit | |||
| Island | Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus complex split into 18 species. Of the three subspecies from the HANZAB region, subspecies erythropleurus elevated to Christmas Island Thrush. Only two subspecies, both from HANZAB Region, remain in Turdus poliocephalus after the split (Geographical Variation revised) English name Tasman Sea Island Thrush. | ||
| Russet-tailed | |||
| Siberian | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Geokichla sibirica (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Song | |||
| Tasman Sea Island | AviList name for Turdus poliocephalus after Island Thrush split |
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| Tomtit (Petroicidae) | |||
| (Tomtit with no name qualifier) | Name in NZCL 2022 for New Zealand Tomtit | ||
| New Zealand | Known as Tomtit in NZCL 2022. | English name changed from New Zealand Tomtit to Tomtit (consistent with NZCL 2024) | |
| Snares | Subspecies dannefaerdi of New Zealand Tomtit elevated to Petroica dannefaerdi in BLI 2022 but not in NZCL 2022. | Remains as subspecies of Tomtit. |
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| Treecreeper (Climacteridae) | |||
| Black-tailed | Specific name change: now Climacteris melanurus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Brown | |||
| Red-browed | |||
| Rufous | Specific name change: now Climacteris rufus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| White-browed | |||
| White-throated | Specific name change: now Cormobates leucophaea (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Triller (Campephagidae) | |||
| Long-tailed | |||
| Varied | |||
| White-winged | Split: – subspecies tricolor elevated to White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor. (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) – subspecies sueurii now white-shouldered triller (Lalage sueurii) (Extralimital) | ||
| Tropicbird (Phaethontidae) | Order change – now in Phaetontiformes | ||
| Red-billed | Not in HANZAB book. WLAB 4.1 – vagrant. Phaethon aethereus | ||
| Red-tailed | |||
| White-tailed |
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| Tui (Meliphagidae) | |||
| (Tui with no name qualifier) | |||
| Turkey (Phasianidae) | Family change – Meleagrididae in HANZAB book | ||
| Feral | English name Wild Turkey | ||
| Wild | |||
| Turnstone (Scolopacidae) | |||
| Ruddy | |||
| Turtle-Dove (Columbidae) | |||
| Laughing | Now Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Oriental | Not in HANZAB book. WLAB 4.1 – vagrant. Streptopelia orientalis | English name Oriental Turtle Dove | |
| Red | Not in HANZAB book. In WLAB 4.1. | AviList name in Red Collared Dove | |
| Spotted | Now Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis (WLAB 4.1) |
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| Twite (Fringillidae) | |||
| Twite |
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| Tyrant (see Ground-Tyrant) |
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| Vulture (Cathartidae) | |||
| Turkey | Not in HANZAB book. |
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| Wagtail (Rhipiduridae) | Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Willie | |||
| Wagtail (Motacillidae) | |||
| Black-backed | Now subspecies lugens of White Wagtail. Text for Black-backed Wagtail retained until merged with White Wagtail text. | ||
| Citrine | Subspecies werae (Buturlin, 1907) not recognised | ||
| Forest | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Dendronanthus indicus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Grey | |||
| White | |||
| Western Yellow | Motacilla flava. See note for Yellow Wagtail. | ||
| Yellow | Split: – Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis, subspecies tschutschensis and taivana in WLAB 4.1. – Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava vagrant Antarctica. | ||
| Warbler (Acanthizidae) [See also Warbler (Phylloscopidae) and Grasshopper-warbler] | Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Chatham Island | English name change from Chatham Island Warbler to Chatham Islands Gerygone (Chatham Island Warbler in NZCL 2024) | ||
| Grey | English name change from Grey Warbler to Grey Gerygone (still Grey Warbler in NZCL 2024) | ||
| Speckled | Genus change – Pyrrholaemus sagittatus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Warbler (Phylloscopidae) | Family not in HANZAB book. | ||
| Arctic | In family Sylviidae in HANZAB book. Split: – Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis (monotypic) – Kamchatka Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus examinandus (monotypic) – Japanese Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus xanthodryas (monotypic). | ||
| Dusky | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Phylloscopus fuscatus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Yellow-browed | Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant. Phylloscopus inornatus (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Willow | In family Sylviidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Watercock (Rallidae) | |||
| (Watercock with no name qualifier) | |||
| Waterhen (Rallidae) | |||
| White-breasted | Not in HANZAB book. Amaurornis phoenicurus (WLAB 4.1) Now breeding resident. | Number of extralimital subspecies changed from three to four. | |
| Wattlebird (Meliphagidae) | |||
| Little | |||
| Red | |||
| Western | |||
| Yellow |
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| Weaver (Ploceidae) | |||
| Golden | |||
| Wedgebill (Psophodidae) | Family change – Cinclosomatidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Chiming | |||
| Chirruping | |||
| Weebill (Acanthizidae) | Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book | ||
| (Weebill with no name qualifier) | |||
| Weka (Rallidae) | |||
| (Weka with no name qualifier) |
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| Wheatear (Muscicapidae) | |||
| Isabelline | |||
| Mountain | English name Mountain Chat | ||
| Whimbrel (Scolopacidae) | |||
| Alaskan | Whimbrel split: Eurasian Whimbrel; Hudsonian Whimbrel. Hudsonian known as Alaskan Whimbrel in Australia. | ||
| American | Numenius hudsonicus in NZCL 2022. See note for Whimbrel | ||
| Eurasian | See Whimbrel. | Whimbrel split: Eurasian Whimbrel; Hudsonian Whimbrel. Hudsonian known as Alaskan Whimbrel in Australia. Additional subspecies islandicus and rogachevae | |
| Hudsonian | Species added: ssp hudsonicus of Whimbrel elevated to species and split into two subspecies | ||
| Little | Name in NZCL 2022 for Little Curlew. | ||
| Whimbrel | Called Eurasian Whimbrel (NZCL 2022). Subspecies hudsonicus elevated to American Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus (NZCL 2022 but not WLAB 4.1) | Whimbrel split: Eurasian Whimbrel; Hudsonian Whimbrel. Hudsonian known as Alaskan Whimbrel in Australia. | |
| Whipbird (Psophodidae) | Family change – Cinclosomatidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Eastern | |||
| Western | |||
| Whistler (Pachycephalidae) | |||
| Brown | See note for Grey Whistler. | Grey-headed Whistler Pachycephala griseiceps conspecific with Grey Whistler, changing Grey Whistler (known as Brown Whistler in Wlab 4.3) from monotypic to polytypic five extralimital subpecies | |
| Gilbert’s | |||
| Golden | no extralimital subspecies after restructure of Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis Subspecies occidentalis split from subspecies fuliginosa (occidentalis should have been added for HANZAB 2023) | ||
| Grey | Split: subspecies peninsulae now Grey-headed Whistler Pachycephala griseiceps peninsulae. Grey Whistler now known as Brown Whistler Pachycephala simplex. | Grey-headed Whistler Pachycephala griseiceps conspecific with Grey Whistler, changing Grey Whistler from monotypic to polytypic five extralimital subpecies | |
| Grey-headed | Pachycephala griseiceps (WLAB 4.1). See note for Grey Whistler. | Grey-headed Whistler conspecific with Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex | |
| Mangrove Golden | Subspecies violetae split from robusta Extra extralimital subspecies dammeriana | ||
| Olive | |||
| Red-lored | |||
| Rufous | |||
| White-breasted | |||
| Whistling-Duck (Anatidae) | |||
| Plumed | English name Plumed Whistling Duck | ||
| Spotted | Not in HANZAB book | English name Spotted Whistling Duck | |
| Wandering | English name Wandering Whistling Duck | ||
| White-eye (Zosteropidae) (see also Silvereye) | |||
| Ashy-bellied | See note for Pale White-eye. | Subspecies unicus added | |
| Australian Yellow | See note for Yellow | ||
| Canary | English name for Australian Yellow White-eye | ||
| Christmas/Christmas Island | English name Christmas White-eye | ||
| Pale | Now Ashy-bellied White-eye Zosterops citrinella (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Robust | |||
| Slender-billed | |||
| White-chested | |||
| Yellow | Now known as Australian Yellow White-eye (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Whiteface (Acanthizidae) | Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book. | ||
| Banded | |||
| Chestnut-breasted | |||
| Southern | |||
| Whitehead (Mohouidae) | Family change in Pachycephalidae in HANZAB book | ||
| (Whitehead with no name qualifier) | |||
| Whitethroat (Sylviidae) | |||
| (Whitethroat with no name qualifier) |
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| Widowbird (Ploceidae) | |||
| Widowbird | |||
| Wigeon (Anatidae) | |||
| Amsterdam | English name change from Amsterdam Duck to Amsterdam Wigeon | ||
| Chiloe | |||
| Eurasian | Not in HANZAB book – vagrant. Mareca penelope | ||
| Winter (Petroicidae) | |||
| Jacky |
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| Woodhen (Rallidae) | |||
| (Woodhen with no name qualifier) | Name and Genus changed. Now Lord Howe Woodhen Hypotaenidia sylvestris (WLAB 4.1) | ||
| Lord Howe | See not for Woodhen | Genus change: Hypotaenidia changed back to Gallirallus . | |
| Woodswallow (Artamidae) | |||
| Black-faced | Subspecies dealbatus now considered a junior synonym of inkermani (should have been changed for HANZAB 2023) | ||
| Dusky | |||
| Little | |||
| Masked | |||
| White-breasted | |||
| White-browed |
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| Wren (Acanthisittidae) (see also Emu-wren, Fairy-wren, Fieldwren, Grasswren, Heathwren, Scrubwren) | |||
| Bush | English name change from Bush Wren to Bushwren (remains Bush Wren in NZCL 2024) | ||
| Lyall’s | NZCL 2022 name for Stephens Island Wren | ||
| New Zealand Rock | English name of Rock Wren changed to New Zealand Rock Wren (remains Rock Wren in NZCL 2024) | ||
| Rock | English name change from Rock Wren to New Zealand Rock Wren (remains Rock Wren in NZCL 2024) | ||
| Stephens Island | Name in HANZAB book for Lyall’s Wren in NZCL 2022. Still Stephen’s island Wren in BLI 2022. | English name change from Stephens Island Wren to Lyall’s Wren (also Lyall’s Wren in NZCL 2024) | |
| Wrybill (Charadriidae) | |||
| (Wrybill with no name qualifier) |
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| Wydah (see Widowbird) |
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| Yellowhammer (Emberizidae) | |||
| (Yellowhammer with no name qualifier) | |||
| Yellowhead (Mohouidae) | Family change in Pachycephalidae in HANZAB book | ||
| (Yellowhead with no name qualifier) | |||
| Yellowlegs (Scolopacidae) | |||
| Lesser |